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Gun Control & RKBA

yagotme

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6. The US public is a LOT bigger than Ukraine's,

Reply to Chainfire (Reply #5)

Thu Mar 24, 2022, 06:01 PM

Mar 2022

and with a lot of our gear overseas (prepositioning), arming a large section of civilians would be a little more problematic. Would the Russians have gotten as far as they did, if the public had a lot more arms than they did, initially? A guerilla force is hard to fight, a well armed one, even more so.

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13News Now Investigates: How effective are gun buybacks [View all] Dial H For Hero Mar 2022 OP

This is my buyback story: St. Louis had one with $10,000 total funding and LT Barclay Mar 2022 #1

For the most part, the only guns that get handed in are ones that can't be sold otherwise. Chainfire Mar 2022 #2

Well, technically, the RW'er was right, yagotme Mar 2022 #3

This message was self-deleted by its author Chainfire Mar 2022 #4

No, not at all Chainfire Mar 2022 #5

The US public is a LOT bigger than Ukraine's, yagotme Mar 2022 #6

Well we just don't know, do we? Chainfire Mar 2022 #7

That's a rather broad brush you're using there... yagotme Mar 2022 #8

Post removed Post removed Mar 2022 #9

Where did you read this? DashOneBravo Mar 2022 #10

Ferguson MO DashOneBravo Mar 2022 #11

Boston bomber DashOneBravo Mar 2022 #12

I wrote it, you read it. Chainfire Mar 2022 #13