You mean like Aurora or Sandy Hook? On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 12:17 PM, LRS Scout <[email protected]> wrote: > > Btw that 45+ rounds per minute isn't going to be hitting much of anything. > On Jan 10, 2013 12:10 PM, "Larry C. Lyons" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> So you're telling me that someone with a single shot bolt action rifle >> can do as much damage as an AR-15. >> >> Trained rifleman late 19th century using such a rifle (Martini-Henry >> Rifle for instance) could fire around 10-20 rounds per minute on a >> good day. A bushmaster in the hands of someone with minimal training >> is anywhere from 45 to 120 rounds per minute. >> >> BTW that chart I noted previously showed that even though Canadian >> firearms laws became increasingly more restrictive, the homicide rate >> by other means remained relatively stable or even declined. >> >> On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 11:46 AM, LRS Scout <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > It's funny, Larry mentioned several failed states and genocides earlier. >> > However if you look to sme of the very incidents he mentions you see it >> is >> > a person with a motive that kills, not the gun. How many hundreds of >> > thousands, even millions, were killed, tortured and disfigured with >> > machetes? How many would still be alive today if they had an AK under >> the >> > bed and a pistol on the night stand? >> > On Jan 10, 2013 11:42 AM, "Jerry Barnes" <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> >> >> >> "Gun control works if it's area wide.....country wide......it hasn't >> >> worked in >> >> America because it's isolated." >> >> >> >> Maybe we should mimic Mexico's gun control program. It's nationwide and >> >> very restrictive. Works great. >> >> >> >> >> >> J >> >> >> >> - >> >> >> >> We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the >> >> national security objectives that we've set. We've got to have a >> civilian >> >> national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as >> >> well-funded. - Barack Obama >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> >> > >
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