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Renew ban on assault weapons
Denver Post ^ | 16 dec07

Posted on 12/16/2007 4:54:56 AM PST by rellimpank

Matthew Murray has given us another reason to renew the ban on high-powered assault weapons.

Murray was the troubled young man who killed four people last Sunday and injured others at religious organizations in Arvada and Colorado Springs. Almost exactly a year before the rampage, he purchased an AK-47 assault rifle and a large shipment of ammunition. Less than two months later, he purchased another.

He was armed with a Bushmaster XM-15 assault rifle, the kind used by military and law-enforcement personnel, during his killing spree in Colorado Springs. He also had handguns. The AK-47 assault rifle was found in the trunk of his car.

Such extraordinary firepower is not meant for hunting animals or target shooting. We see only one other purpose. And so did Murray.

The gun control debate is tricky, and emotional. But Congress should move quickly to re-enact a federal assault weapons prohibition.

(Excerpt) Read more at denverpost.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Colorado
KEYWORDS: bang; banglist; guns; nra
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“Such extraordinary firepower is not meant for hunting animals or target shooting. We see only one other purpose. And so did Murray.”

Such selective and unimaginative intellects.

Millions of so called “assault rifles” are owned by the general public, yet they number among the rarest of guns used in crime. This is diametrically opposed to the quote above, yet it doesn’t phase the authors that reality is so at odds with their world view.

They also see no contradiction between the fact that these rifles are “used by the military and police”, and their assertion that the rifles only use is to kill large numbers of people. They use their selective vision not to see that the police and military in America kill vanishingly small numbers of people with these rifles.

Cognitive dissonance for all the world to see.

21 posted on 12/16/2007 5:35:36 AM PST by marktwain
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To: Drew68
A real man's "assault weapon" is usually uncomfortably heavy. Having carried several different types in the Infantry, I know I'd much prefer something much lighter and easier to use when I go "out on the town" to hunt down stupid newspaper reporters.

This guy in Denver would never suspect for a moment that he was in trouble he'd be so busy looking for a big ol' assault weapon.

22 posted on 12/16/2007 5:37:37 AM PST by muawiyah
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To: rellimpank

Those aren’t assault weapons at all.

But here is one:
http://z.about.com/d/politicalhumor/1/0/-/c/ted_kennedy_hooters.jpg

By the way, can someone tell me how to post a picture in the body of a comment? I can never figure it out


23 posted on 12/16/2007 5:39:59 AM PST by FunkyZero
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To: muawiyah

Doesn’t anybody notice that virtually ALL of these beserkers are on Mind-altering drugs—one SIDE EFFECT of these drugs is this kind of unfocused HOSTILITY towards people in general?
This side-effect happens in a significant number of patients.
DUH!


24 posted on 12/16/2007 5:45:29 AM PST by Flintlock
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To: Flintlock

They were that way anyway.


25 posted on 12/16/2007 5:47:32 AM PST by muawiyah
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To: FunkyZero

Easy.

A “LESS THAN” sign followed by text similar to this:

img src=”http://z.about.com/d/politicalhumor/1/0/-/c/ted_kennedy_hooters.jpg";

Then follow the mess with a “greater than” sign.


26 posted on 12/16/2007 5:49:37 AM PST by djf (I'm too busy to be jolly. Tis the time to cook a collie!)
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To: FunkyZero
Leave out the ampersand:

<&img src=http://z.about.com/d/politicalhumor/1/0/-/c/ted_kennedy_hooters.jpg>

27 posted on 12/16/2007 5:52:28 AM PST by ExGeeEye (NIE or no NIE, I've been waiting since 11/04/79 to do something about Iran.)
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To: rellimpank

Why don’t the “police” turn in THEIR assault rifles? They just use them for mass killing sprees like Waco and Ruby Ridge. Now is the time for real Americans to put the 2nd Amendment FIRST!


28 posted on 12/16/2007 5:56:13 AM PST by 2harddrive (...House a TOTAL Loss.....)
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To: rellimpank

Yep...the Brady Bunch is out in force on this one, and the one in Omaha.
And, it is just such incidents as these that make RKBA so important in our society. LEO can’t prevent crime...they can’t defend and protect you (regardless of what they paint on their cars). The primary responsibility for your safety is yours and yours, alone.

I’m sick to death of these bleeding heart, knee jerk liberals trampling on my God given rights. Time for them all to grab a nice warm mug of STFU and settle in for the night. The rest of us will bail out their sorry butts when the excrement hits the rotating air movement device...again.


29 posted on 12/16/2007 6:22:55 AM PST by PubliusMM (Just doin' my best to stay free and secure. God Bless our military personnel.)
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To: Drew68

***Politicians learned a painful lesson the first time they enacted this ban. They are not likely to repeat it.***

Who was it that said something about human stupidity, that he wasn’t sure of?


30 posted on 12/16/2007 6:28:27 AM PST by wastedyears (Duncan Hunter is like a cheeseburger and fries. Simple presentation with no frills.)
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To: FunkyZero

Thanks, now I don’t think I can eat ‘till about Tuesday morning.


31 posted on 12/16/2007 6:30:14 AM PST by wastedyears (Duncan Hunter is like a cheeseburger and fries. Simple presentation with no frills.)
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To: rellimpank

Not to worry. The Post is in a full stall, spin to follow...ending in crash. It’s normally two or three days behind Drudge now...and the difference is widening. The writers are clownish, and can be relied upon to oppose guns and support illegals.


32 posted on 12/16/2007 6:34:14 AM PST by Da Coyote
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To: rellimpank

Overlooking the obvious.


33 posted on 12/16/2007 6:46:02 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks (ENERGY CRISIS made in Washington D. C.)
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To: rellimpank
They're stupid. They're not automatic weapons! Then again the MSM is abysmally ignorant about guns.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

34 posted on 12/16/2007 6:51:26 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: djf

I’m not doubting you at all, but could you please provide a link to information about the .22 being the murder’s firearm of choice?


35 posted on 12/16/2007 6:56:19 AM PST by wastedyears (Duncan Hunter is like a cheeseburger and fries. Simple presentation with no frills.)
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To: wastedyears

I had heard it a while back (on some media show).

So I was just googling to verify it, but haven’t found it yet.


36 posted on 12/16/2007 6:59:06 AM PST by djf (I'm too busy to be jolly. Tis the time to cook a collie!)
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To: rellimpank

I still remember from 40 years ago when the Denver Post only wanted to ban “saturday night specials” like the Ruger .22 semi auto pistol.

Yes, they considered the Ruger pistol to be a “saturday night special”.


37 posted on 12/16/2007 7:04:56 AM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Only infidel blood can quench Muslim thirst-- Abdul-Jalil Nazeer al-Karouri)
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To: wastedyears

All the data I find is pretty old, and it all seems to be using the same statistical data. Here is a sample:

http://www.ojp.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/guic.pdf

We have to always keep in mind the trends on firearms.
20 years ago, a 70’s model car was most driven, today it is not for obvious reasons, th same hold true for these statistics, I doubt they are even close to being accurate, but do take note of the trend towards larger calibers over time.


38 posted on 12/16/2007 7:12:07 AM PST by FunkyZero
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To: rellimpank

Such extraordinary firepower is not meant for hunting animals or target shooting. We see only one other purpose...


Me too. The purpose is to frighten, and if needed, kill tyrants and their troops.


39 posted on 12/16/2007 7:21:24 AM PST by Atlas Sneezed ("We do have tough gun laws in Massachusetts; I support them, I won't chip away at them" -Mitt Romney)
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To: FunkyZero

—IIRC, Neal Knox pointed out about thirty years ago that the publicity given criminals and the type of fiearms that they use, along with ban attempts, cause an upgrading, as it were, in the type of firearm used in crime-—


40 posted on 12/16/2007 7:28:17 AM PST by rellimpank (--don't believe anything the MSM tells you about firearms or explosives--NRA Benefactor)
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