Gun Control thread (merged many)

[August]

Originally Posted by Ducimus

Ok Oberon, here ya go:

(CNN) Opinion: Gun control is not the answer

I am surprised to see a thoughtful article out of that particular news source on this particular subject. Usually it's just more rehetoric. Some people over there might actually be starting to wise up.

Especially when it's a left wing Obama lover like the author.

[Ducimus]

Originally Posted by August

Especially when it's a left wing Obama lover like the author.

I think i see the reason for the sudden ray of enlightenment the author of that article had. It's coming out now, that the gunman actually followed Joe Biden's advice and got a shotgun.


Aaron Alexis Used Shotgun, Handgun to Kill at D.C. Navy Yard, Police Say (US News Weekly)

Aaron Alexis began Navy Yard shooting with shotgun, then obtained pistol (Los Angeles Times )

Aaron Alexis Bought Shotgun Legally; Didn't Have AR-15 Assault Rifle, FBI Says (Huffington Post )

The fact that the level of carnage was done without any of the evil black rifles really put's alot of holes in the anti's argument. Obama was already framing the tragedy from the get go before the facts were known to springboard off of later (never let a good tragedy go to waste and all that).

So what are they going to now? Ban shotguns? That would fly like a lead balloon and they know it. So it appears now, they're either changing their tune to something akin to what most of us have been saying all along, or perhaps just not saying anything at all. Whatever the case maybe, it appears their crusade against civil liberties they don't agree with (2A), isn't gaining any traction with this one.

The fact that the level of carnage was done without any of the evil black rifles really put's alot of holes in the anti's argument.

Not at all, the only hole it would put in the argument is that of those who say "my position would never change", and as those type of person are immune to accepting facts it doesn't really put any holes in their argument as their position is permanently fixed regardless.

Whatever the case maybe, it appears their crusade against civil liberties they don't agree with (2A), isn't gaining any traction with this one.

Yet this case would appear to be a solid one for stricter background checks, so a thinking person would look at that angle for traction.
Whereas unthinking ones would oversimplify this to the nonsense polar opposite levels of ban/no regulation and maintain their traction by sticking their head firmly into the ground.

[Ducimus]

Apparently the gunman used a Remington 870 express, according to this AP article that is making it's way around:

Navy Yard weapon exempted under proposed ban

WASHINGTON (AP) - The shotgun used by the Navy Yard shooter is identified by name as a firearm that would not be covered under a proposed weapons ban supported by the White House.

The shotgun Navy Yard gunman (DILL WEED*) used in his rampage, the Remington 870 Express, is included in a long list of firearms that would be exempted from a ban if legislation introduced in the Senate earlier this year were to become law.

The bill, introduced by California Democrat Dianne Feinstein, has little hope of passage. It would ban 157 specific firearms designed for military and law enforcement use, and it would exempt more than 2,200 others.

Feinstein said the purpose of listing exempted weapons was to send a message that the ban wouldn't affect hunting and sporting weapons.

* I refuse to repeat the name of any crazy person turned mass murder for their 15 minutes of fame.


This particular shotgun has been around for a very long time. Hell, my dad's first shotgun was a remington 870. Just goes to show, the gun is only a tool. It's a hard (or insane) heart that kills.

* I refuse to repeat the name of any crazy person turned mass murder for their 15 minutes of fame.

vilification, demean, belittle, disparage, abase, vilipend....or glorification.
Most people would view mentioning it as any one of many words, you take it as being the latter which is the complete opposite.

Aaron Alexis Used Shotgun
Aaron Alexis began Navy Yard shooting with shotgun
Aaron Alexis Bought Shotgun Legally;

Still its nice to be consistant with your refusals.