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Blanks: Nothing exceeds like excess in gun control
The Chicago Tribune ^ | 10/27/2017 | Chris “Brotha” Blanks

Posted on 10/28/2017 6:12:19 PM PDT by Simon Green

Being one with prior convictions of possession with intent to deliver along with so-called UUWs (unlawful use of weapons) and being 27 years cocaine-clean and crack-free, I can attest and bear witness firsthand to the fact that nothing exceeds like excess, often resulting in far too many addictive and fatal accounts.

With the high number and epidemic proportions of heroin-related and opioid deaths, I don't think anyone would be quick to suggest that heroin doesn't kill, people do.

From the 59 people killed in Las Vegas to the 500 slayings on the streets of Chicago this year through September, many suggest that said deaths and such excess can be laid at the front doorstep of the National Rifle Association and assault weapon enthusiasts.

The turf and blocks of the streets and combat training grounds of this nation have taught me that automatic and assault weapons belong on the battlefields of nations, not on the streets of its citizens. As a former M60 machine gunner and squad leader who was required to have an abundance of more than 2,000 60-caliber rounds of ammo at all times while in the field, I again attest and confirm nothing leads to exceeding fatal numbers and high body counts like excessive automatic weapons and banana clips of ammo to match.

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TOPICS: Military/Veterans; Society
KEYWORDS: banglist
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With such an extensive knowledge of firearms and an exemplary history, he brings such credibility to the debate....


1 posted on 10/28/2017 6:12:20 PM PDT by Simon Green
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To: Simon Green

He obviously quit crack too late to save any of his brain.


2 posted on 10/28/2017 6:14:47 PM PDT by facedown (Armed in the Heartland)
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To: Simon Green

If he isn’t trying to be comedic — then he sure is doing a good job of simulating someone who is.


3 posted on 10/28/2017 6:16:42 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Simon Green

I hope his employer is firing blanks.


4 posted on 10/28/2017 6:17:08 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Benedict McCain is the worst traitor ever to wear the uniform of the US military.)
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To: Simon Green

I hope he saved that M60 with official military banana clip...that’s gonna be expensive at a Uniques Auction.


5 posted on 10/28/2017 6:17:16 PM PDT by 1_Inch_Group (Country Before Party)
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Those banana clips for the machine guns must be awfully heavy, especially when you fill them with that 60 caliber ammo.


6 posted on 10/28/2017 6:18:11 PM PDT by Bob (Damn, the democrats haven't been this upset since Republicans freed their slaves.)
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To: Simon Green

Hard to believe the Chicago Trib is the same newspaper that published this pro-gun cartoon back in the 1930s.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2020116831566757&set=a.1545664759011969.1073741837.100007053791731&type=3&theater


7 posted on 10/28/2017 6:18:20 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (When someone tries to burn you out, the best firehose is an AK-47.)
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To: 1_Inch_Group

An M-60 doesn’t have banana clips. It is belt fed.


8 posted on 10/28/2017 6:19:01 PM PDT by laplata (Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: BenLurkin

60 caliber ammo for a M60 with matching banana clips? Hilarious!


9 posted on 10/28/2017 6:19:59 PM PDT by ssapro (SSAPRO/ EXBP)
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To: 1_Inch_Group

.60 caliber...

Banana Clips.

Goes together like Peas and Carrots!


10 posted on 10/28/2017 6:21:01 PM PDT by Big Red Badger (UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
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11 posted on 10/28/2017 6:21:16 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Benedict McCain is the worst traitor ever to wear the uniform of the US military.)
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To: Simon Green

Banana clips is racist.


12 posted on 10/28/2017 6:22:23 PM PDT by right way right (May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our one and only true hope.)
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To: Big Red Badger

Dang ...5th place!


13 posted on 10/28/2017 6:22:27 PM PDT by Big Red Badger (UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
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To: Simon Green

Did he have a hammer to get a round into it?

Maybe he was fighting for the Japs in World War II. I think they had something in .60 cal/13.2


14 posted on 10/28/2017 6:23:20 PM PDT by PAR35
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Pretty sure that .60 cal ammo doesn’t go in banana clips.......


15 posted on 10/28/2017 6:23:27 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
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He needs to team up with that asshole who was worried about Guam tipping over.


16 posted on 10/28/2017 6:25:24 PM PDT by Clarancebeaks
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To: ClearCase_guy

Nice. Thanks.


17 posted on 10/28/2017 6:25:35 PM PDT by laplata (Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: Simon Green

If I remember correctly, linked 7,62 weighed about six or seven pounds per hundred. So...2,000 rounds would weigh about a hundred-twenty plus pounds. The pig weighed about eighteen and three days of C-rats, etc. probably another forty pounds.

So, our intrepid gunner was humping close to 180 pounds.

Bet he was whipped at the end of each day.


18 posted on 10/28/2017 6:32:14 PM PDT by x1stcav (We have the guns. Do we have the will?)
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To: facedown

He had the letter N tattooed to his arm for nol-ige. (knowledge)


19 posted on 10/28/2017 6:32:45 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Conservatives love America for what it is. Liberals hate America for the same reason.)
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banana clips is racist

Don't even think of shooting a watermelon with your 60 cal.

20 posted on 10/28/2017 6:33:41 PM PDT by Fightin Whitey
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