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billh58

(6,635 posts)
Thu Feb 15, 2018, 09:34 AM Feb 2018

Latest mass shootings all have something in common: the AR-15

When a gunman attacked a high school in Parkland, Fla., on Wednesday, killing 17 people, the event marked a depressingly familiar milestone.

As of this week, seven of the 10 deadliest mass shootings in modern U.S. history have all happened since 2007. The Parkland massacre is now the eight-deadliest attack.

The nation's mass-shooting problem seems to be getting worse. And the latest, most serious shootings all seem to have one new thing in common: the AR-15 semiautomatic assault rifle.

The AR-15 that typically has large magazines, shoots rounds at higher velocities than handguns, and leaves more complex wounds in victims.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/breakingnews/latest-mass-shootings-all-have-something-in-common-the-ar-15/ar-BBJ9t3O?li=BBnb7Kz


The Orange Anus Mouth has diagnosed the shooter as being "mentally disturbed." You think?

The correct question, however, is how did this troubled young man get his hands on the deadly weapon described above? Once again, the NRA has made it possible to easily fill the demand for lethal weapons to anyone who wants one.
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Latest mass shootings all have something in common: the AR-15 (Original Post) billh58 Feb 2018 OP
Wayne Lapier the highest paid non profit CEO in America. pwb Feb 2018 #1
Member dues SCantiGOP Feb 2018 #3
Of course. That is what it is designed for. Modern sporting rifle my ass. Nt flamin lib Feb 2018 #2
Gunners tell us these rifles are seldom used in crime. Yeah right. Hoyt Feb 2018 #4

pwb

(11,276 posts)
1. Wayne Lapier the highest paid non profit CEO in America.
Thu Feb 15, 2018, 09:50 AM
Feb 2018

All koch and Putins money. Member dues can't pay that much.

SCantiGOP

(13,871 posts)
3. Member dues
Thu Feb 15, 2018, 12:52 PM
Feb 2018

even memberships, are no longer important to the NRA. They are almost wholly subsidized and supported by the gun and ammo manufacturers.

If you ever joined the NRA at any time they count you as a member, even if you haven't donated in years and oppose the organization now. All they need is the Koch Brothers and the deep pockets of the gun/death industry.

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
4. Gunners tell us these rifles are seldom used in crime. Yeah right.
Thu Feb 15, 2018, 05:12 PM
Feb 2018

They are used by murders, bullies/intimidators, and racists.

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