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Ocelot II

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5. I doubt that in this case, since nobody is calling for a ban on ordinary hunting rifles.

Reply to Johonny (Reply #2)

Tue Sep 23, 2025, 11:50 AM

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Kirk was shot with an old .30-06 deer rifle, a weapon capable of only one shot at a time. The focus is, and should be, on military-type assault weapons like the AR-15, which have been used by many mass shooters and are capable of killing large numbers of people in a short time. Any attempt to ban common hunting guns would not only fall flat but would impede serious efforts to limit or ban assault weapons. The Kirk murder doesn't raise the same kind of gun control issues as the mass shootings in schools and other public places.

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If Charlie Kirk had been accidentally run over by a bus instead of intentionally shot, [View all] Ocelot II Tuesday OP

No. Harker Tuesday #1

All this is to make sure no one signs any new gun Johonny Tuesday #2

Worse than that, gab13by13 Tuesday #4

That's the worst of it. If you don't kiss Charlie's dead ass you'll be canceled. Ocelot II Tuesday #6

I doubt that in this case, since nobody is calling for a ban on ordinary hunting rifles. Ocelot II Tuesday #5

Thank you for this! RoseTrellis Tuesday #8

Gun registration, insurance, mandatory training classes Johonny Tuesday #14

None of that would have made a bit of difference in this case. Ocelot II Tuesday #21

Lets try nothing and see if that works Johonny Tuesday #25

Are you in favor of banning hunting rifles? Ocelot II Tuesday #26

Not a scapegoat a martyr. gab13by13 Tuesday #3

Well, buses (like trains and light rail) are socialist! Socialism means BAD!! Bad means SOCIALISM!! hatrack Tuesday #7

If poor dead charlie kirk had had a gun........ lastlib Tuesday #9

They'd dismantle public transportation lame54 Tuesday #10

Or fire all the unionized bus drivers and replace them with Musk's full self-driving shitware. sop Tuesday #13

Post removed Post removed Tuesday #11

I would have been spared any knowledge of him still. Ping Tung Tuesday #12

Better example malaise Tuesday #15

If he was shot in a theater watching the latest Godzilla movie, miyazaki Tuesday #16

Enough with CK already. Let's move on. Sneederbunk Tuesday #17

You didn't need to comment on this thread if you want to move on. Ocelot II Tuesday #22

I pictured him the type to go out with his pants around his ankles Maru Kitteh Tuesday #18

Notice how irrelevant Rush Limbaugh has become since his death? Tommy Carcetti Tuesday #19

Assassinations always backfire. yardwork Tuesday #20

It would have been Biden's fault. milestogo Tuesday #23

No. They would have said ..... It is Gods Will. Trueblue1968 Tuesday #24

If Kirk had been hit by a bus, there would be a cornucopia of conspiracy theories RockRaven Tuesday #27