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seriously tho, as common as these are, imagine all the times a toddler finds and discharges a gun without hitting anybody and the family doesn't tell anyone about it

02-06-2019 , 06:35 PM

#27703

Riverman

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Matt Gaetz, a moron and scumbag beyond description, tied to have a Parkland victim’s dad thrown out of a gun control hearing (most republicans no showed).

02-08-2019 , 12:00 PM

#27704

stringbettor

grinder

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31 year old man in Minneapolis fires into a school bus, striking the 78 year old driver multiple times following a fender bender. Claims it was self defense and he feared for his life. Video clearly shows he was in no danger. He has been charged with attempted murder.

02-15-2019 , 04:53 PM

#27705

lozen

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wow got to the second page before another shooting Thoughts & Prayers

02-15-2019 , 05:25 PM

#27706

UsedToBeGood

adept

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America the beautiful

At least four cops shot + multiple civilians at some warehouse/manufacturing building, still early info on those numbers

https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/act...ois/index.html

03-14-2019 , 10:08 PM

#27707

goofyballer

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Connecticut Supreme Court rules that Remington can be sued by Sandy Hook victims for manufacturing the gun used to kill their children

There's a federal law (lol USA, wow) that specifically protects gun manufacturers from this liability, but Connecticut ruled that in this instance, because of how Remington markets the gun as a killing machine to civilians, they can be liable:

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The court’s decision was narrow, with the liability for gunmakers based on how they advertise their weapons rather than on the sale of them to third parties who then commit horrible crimes. In its ruling, the court said companies that market military-style guns to civilians as a way of killing enemies could be violating state fair trade laws.

“The regulation of advertising that threatens the public’s health, safety, and morals has long been considered a core exercise of the states’ police powers,” the court said, explaining why the federal law does not apply.

Quote:

The families alleged, for example, that the Bushmaster product catalogue shows soldiers on patrol in jungles along with the phrase: “When you need to perform under pressure, Bushmaster delivers,” and promotes the rifle to civilians as “the ultimate combat weapons system.”

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The Connecticut court said the suit, which seeks unspecified damages for each death, could go forward under that state’s Unfair Trade Practices Act, a statute aimed at harmful marketing, in this case marketing not of the weapon but rather its use as a potential tool for “offensive military style combat” by civilians, which is illegal.

03-14-2019 , 10:39 PM

#27708

whosnext

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The importance of this (beyond the obvious) is that Discovery will undoubtedly reveal a whole bunch of truly reprehensible in-house information from the gun manufacturers.

03-14-2019 , 10:51 PM

#27709

eyebooger

Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 58,700

Not America, but some guy just shot up a mosque in New Zealand. It's feared that the number of deaths will be in the dozens.

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/a...ectid=12213039

03-14-2019 , 11:35 PM

#27710

Dominic

Tripod

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guy posted a manifesto online and live-streamed himself killing people....white supremacist bull****, of course.

...and whoever comes in here and asks for a link to the video, should go drown yourself.

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03-14-2019 , 11:50 PM

#27711

Dominic

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03-15-2019 , 07:35 AM

#27712

+rep_lol

banned

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Quote:

Originally Posted by whosnext

The importance of this (beyond the obvious) is that Discovery will undoubtedly reveal a whole bunch of truly reprehensible in-house information from the gun manufacturers.

this, above all else

03-15-2019 , 04:34 PM

#27713

master3004

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PM of NZ said "There will be a change to our gun laws."

03-15-2019 , 04:38 PM

#27714

tabbaker

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Quote:

Originally Posted by master3004

PM of NZ said "There will be a change to our gun laws."

You're allowed to do that?

03-15-2019 , 04:43 PM

#27715

Namath12

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You're allowed to do that?

I guess when the NRA doesn't bankroll approximately 1/2 of your pols

03-15-2019 , 07:57 PM

#27716

BrookTrout

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The rest of the world understands the power of striking while the iron's hot and malleable. American gun laws are made up of some space-age titanium alloy impervious to the blood of innocents.

03-16-2019 , 10:11 AM

#27717

dth123451

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New Zealand banning semi automatics. Took 48 hours.

This ****hole country is a ****ing embarrasment.

03-21-2019 , 12:42 AM

#27718

micro dong

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Join Date: Mar 2017 Posts: 588

Quote:

Originally Posted by dth123451

New Zealand banning semi automatics. Took 48 hours.

This ****hole country is a ****ing embarrasment.

New Zealand's Gun Owners Have So Far Voluntarily Surrendered 37 Firearms — Of An Estimated 1.2 Million — Since The Mosque Shootings

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article...Mb8me2xqlqzdbU

At least now we are going to get to see a national gun-grabbing operation play out.

03-21-2019 , 05:29 AM

#27719

True North

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Yeah, it’s not like we’ve ever seen a successful gun buyback...oh, wait.

03-21-2019 , 07:44 AM

#27720

vaya

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Wow just imagine how terrible it would be if recalcitrant gun owners were thrown in jail or died

03-21-2019 , 09:26 AM

#27721

master3004

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Quote:

Originally Posted by micro dong

The ban officially went into place about 10 hours ago, so 37 firrarms in that timeframe isnt too bad, considering it happened at 4 PM, roughly around the end of a standard business day.

03-21-2019 , 12:19 PM

#27722

otatop

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Quote:

Originally Posted by dth123451

New Zealand banning semi automatics. Took 48 hours.

This ****hole country is a ****ing embarrasment.

USA #1

03-21-2019 , 12:21 PM

#27723

master3004

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What in the ****?

03-21-2019 , 12:46 PM

#27724

+rep_lol

banned

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indiana is literally one of the worst places on earth

03-21-2019 , 01:43 PM

#27725

whosnext

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Color me naive, but I cannot believe that really happened.

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