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In reply to the discussion: They cannot identify most of the dead from last night's slaughter [View all]malaise
(290,577 posts)144. That is actually Eldimire
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        OMG - how horrific.  Assault rifles are  weapons of war and need to be banned for civilian ownership. n/t
        iluvtennis
        Oct 2023
        #1
      
        
        I don't know if they can force politicians to stay in congress and the senate but I think they should make them
        Maraya1969
        Oct 2023
        #75
      
        
        Parents write kids names on arms & legs to be identified incase they die
        womanofthehills
        Oct 2023
        #155
      
        
        but but i can use that rifle for deer hunting.....lots of the meat gets ruined but
        dembotoz
        Oct 2023
        #73
      
        
        He was a skilled marksman with 21 years of Army reserve experience/training
        IronLionZion
        Oct 2023
        #127
      
        
        The type of weapon used shreds flesh, sometimes takes heads off bodies, no way to ID shredded people
        Attilatheblond
        Oct 2023
        #25
      
        
        High-powered rounds leave big exit wounds in small body and a real mess?
        struggle4progress
        Oct 2023
        #52
      
        
        I am really starting to hate this fked-up country. Thanks for ruining it Rethuglicans.
        OMGWTF
        Oct 2023
        #5
      
        
        "We think that one might be your dead kid. Could we please get a DNA sample from you?"
        Bucky
        Oct 2023
        #93
      
        
        Nicole Wallace today reported that 25% of firearms sold in the US are ARs.  nt
        SunSeeker
        Oct 2023
        #34
      
        
        And people need to see the damage ARs cause compared to guns and hunting rifles.
        SunSeeker
        Oct 2023
        #44
      
        
        Muzzle velocity of an M-1 is 2800 feet/second using rounds available mid-20th century.
        cab67
        Oct 2023
        #98
      
        
        Wrong.  The reason you see this carnage is velocity, amount of bullets, and bullet tumbling.
        SunSeeker
        Oct 2023
        #103
      
        
        You were initially talking about the ballistic properties of the 5.56 round.
        Act_of_Reparation
        Oct 2023
        #107
      
        
        No, I wasn't talking about a 5.56 round.  Please stop putting words in my mouth.
        SunSeeker
        Oct 2023
        #112
      
        
        The 5 RWNJ activist judges who intentionally misread the 2nd Am were all R appointees.
        SunSeeker
        Oct 2023
        #159
      
        
        When you implied that ARs are only menacing by "reputation" rather than due to their unique capability.
        SunSeeker
        Oct 2023
        #146
      
        
        thank you  u$ $tuprime ct. . next time read the whole thing about a regulated millitia .
        AllaN01Bear
        Oct 2023
        #37
      
        
        If you've ever heard a trauma surgeon talk about trying to take care of the victims
        milestogo
        Oct 2023
        #54
      
        
        This is why we all need to see exactly what destruction these guns  cause.
        PoindexterOglethorpe
        Oct 2023
        #57
      
        
        I had to look up what "cornhole" is; Inside Edition says Card played it at the bar
        muriel_volestrangler
        Oct 2023
        #78
      
        
        Your definition of assault rifle as only those with "automatic mode" is much too narrow.
        SunSeeker
        Oct 2023
        #131
      
        
        And the GOP proudly wears little lapel pins of these instruments of slaughter
        Blue Owl
        Oct 2023
        #105
      
        
        I know it's controversial but we need to show these images to wake people the fuck up
        LymphocyteLover
        Oct 2023
        #109
      
        
        More than insane, it is effing genocide. The atrocities against people of colour is unbelievable!
        akbacchus_BC
        Oct 2023
        #180
      
  