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Biden says it’s ‘time to outlaw’ AR-15 after Trump assassination attempt
(www.independent.co.uk)
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It's just dumb. The sniper that killed the guy wasn't using an ar-15. Stopping ar-15's wouldn't have done anything to change something like this.
What do you mean, it was an AR-15. I don't support a ban, just clarifying facts.
Sorry if I wasn't clear in my statement. When I said "the sniper that killed the guy" I was specifying the the secret service sniper that successfully head shotted Crooks. I wasn't referring to Crooks.
Pointedly, I was saying that the guy who hit what he was aiming for wasn't using an AR. Not the guy who failed.
Ah ok, I get you, then. I didn't downvote your comment.
Guns are tools. And what's more, "political power grows out of the barrel of a gun."
You sure about that?
If that source doesnt work for you, here's the president of the United states:
That's from the linked article.
Sorry if I wasn't clear in my statement. When I said "the sniper that killed the guy" I was specifying the the secret service sniper that successfully head shotted Crooks. I wasn't referring to Crooks.
Pointedly, I was saying that the guy who hit what he was aiming for wasn't using an AR. Not the guy who failed.
So youre saying that since the wannabe assassin missed, that ARs are not effective weapons?
Even if you gloss over the all the heavily published mass murder events committed with AR that the president alluded to in the quote above, are you aware that Trump turned his head a split second before the bullet hit his ear? That this likely is the only reason he's alive?
I'm saying that AR's aren't a requirement or a need for a shooter and that stopping sales of AR's just means that something else will be used. You don't need an AR.