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Originally Posted by oldschoolcalgary
tough to watch... didn't realize Kimmel was from Las Vegas, but it explains why this hit him so hard.
He's right though; the majority of Americans, republican and democrats, want some common sense gun control rules:
background checks, regardless of buying online or at a gun show...
people with mental illness shouldn't be allowed to purchase guns...
its their representatives that haven't been able to get this through (due to NRA pressure), even though the majority of their constituents support the above two measures...
i would add:
No silencers, No assault rifles.... i'd also reconsider allowing guns to be purchased by anyone on terrorist watch lists... really does not compute imo...
The latter two are unlikely to happen, and the Silencer relaxation legislation is currently on the docket and was set to be heard this week prior to the LV shooting (delayed previously due to the Scalise shooting in washington).
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I hate to nitpick, but this is the kind of thing pro-gun extremists will latch on to and try to discredit your arguments. Your typical AR-15 is NOT an assault rifle, it is a magazine fed semi-automatic rifle. The vast VAST majority of the rifles you see in the US and that you can purchase are the AR- variety, and they are semi-auto. Semi auto is no less dangerous than fully auto, but again it's good to know your facts so the extremists don't dismiss your arguments right off the bat. (It's recently come to my attention two pages back that they can now be modified into almost fully auto, assault style, but I digress).
It's extremely rare for non-military and police personnel to acquire a fully auto weapon, or a true assault rifle like the M16 or AK-47.