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Posts Made By: Rod Kaufman

March 23, 2021 11:14 PM Forum: Politics

Boulder

Posted By Rod Kaufman
Originally Posted by Jim Moscheck

So was it the half naked guy that was led away in handcuffs with a bloody leg? They said there was only one injury so must have been him. At least they took him alive and can maybe get some information out of him. If it is him he looks like a real dick, I wouldn't doubt it was something stupid like some coed dissed him and he got all butt hurt. Just speculating here. So ten people died including a cop, I guess that's nothing. Assault rifles for all!
I'm surprised we haven't heard from the right wingers and their standard argument that if the victims had been armed, the outcome would have been different. Of course, in this case, one of the victims was armed and equipped with body armor, too. But despite that and his training, the officer didn't stand a chance against a shooter armed with an assault rifle. Neither did any any of the other victims, either... 

March 24, 2021 12:20 AM Forum: Politics

Boulder

Posted By Rod Kaufman
Originally Posted by James Brown

Rod:

How can you blame this on the right wing, when we know nothing at all about the shooter and his motivations?    

Jim
I'm not blaming this incident on the right wing. I'm giving the explanation for the rationale not to take action on gun control that might of prevented it and that rationale comes from my readings here and on right wing media...

March 24, 2021 01:44 AM Forum: Politics

Boulder

Posted By Rod Kaufman
Originally Posted by Brian McFarland

When I saw that this happened in Colorado, a certain angry somebody's name popped into my head. 
Same here...

March 24, 2021 05:49 AM Forum: Politics

Boulder

Posted By Rod Kaufman
Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman

I'm not blaming this incident on the right wing. I'm giving the explanation for the rationale not to take action on gun control that might of prevented it and that rationale comes from my readings here and on right wing media...
Sure enough,  the NRA posted this after the shooting: "A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed," the NRA wrote on its official Twitter account, quoting the Amendment as a caption to a picture of the Bill of Rights...
"Only last week, the NRA had celebrated the decision by a Colorado judge to block Boulder from implementing its ban on possessing and transferring "assault weapons" and ten-round magazines."
https://www.newsweek.com/nra-said-boulder-shootings-1577989

March 23, 2021 09:44 AM Forum: Politics

Boulder

Posted By Rod Kaufman
Another ten dead. Another AR15. The right wing: but what's that compared to the second amendment and the CONSTITUTION!

March 25, 2021 10:54 PM Forum: Politics

Ruger AR-556 pistol

Posted By Rod Kaufman
Whatever RUGER calls it, it's clearly an assault weapon that fires the standard round in use today by NATO militaries. 
And we all know why the Boulder shooter bought it. He bought it for the same reason everybody else buys it for: "home defense." 
Yeah right...
Ban the damn things!

March 26, 2021 06:31 AM Forum: Politics

Ruger AR-556 pistol

Posted By Rod Kaufman
Originally Posted by Greg Shaffer
No it is not an assault weapon..... It is simply a semi-automatic rifle functionally no different than a Browning BAR that looks like an assault weapon.
It is an assault weapon and hopefully will soon be banned as one. And people don't keep these in drawers at home for self defense, either. "The AR-15 platform weapon -- whether it's in a long gun or pistol -- essentially has the same firepower. It's a semiautomatic made for combat," said Timothy D. Lytton, a gun industry expert at Georgia State University."
Again: It's a semiautomatic weapon MADE FOR COMBAT. 
Factoid: The Browning BAR was the most reliable handheld weapon of WW2. 

March 28, 2021 11:35 AM Forum: Politics

Ruger AR-556 pistol

Posted By Rod Kaufman
Originally Posted by Greg Shaffer
And still the AR15 is functionally no different from the BAR.....which is a hunting rifle. Assault weapons contrary to opinions of the gun grabbers have a fully automatic mode.....AR15's do not.

Factoid: I am not referencing the BAR military model.....but the sporting model BAR which was NOT used in the military and does not have a fully automatic function. It is a hunting rifle and it looks like a hunting rifle. Both the sporting BAR and the AR15 are functionally the same.
"The AR-15 platform weapon -- whether it's in a long gun or pistol -- essentially has the same firepower. It's a semiautomatic made for combat," said Timothy D. Lytton, a gun industry expert at Georgia State University."

Again: It's a semiautomatic weapon MADE FOR COMBAT.

March 29, 2021 12:11 AM Forum: Politics

Ruger AR-556 pistol

Posted By Rod Kaufman
Originally Posted by Mel Maki
Greg, as soon as Biden can get our troops up to speed with semiautomatic assault rifles things will be different.
The AR-15 platform is likely the biggest selling rifle in America. 
America's favorite rifle!
And it's America's favorite rifle for mass shootings!

March 29, 2021 01:06 AM Forum: Politics

Ruger AR-556 pistol

Posted By Rod Kaufman
Originally Posted by Mel Maki

My post was aimed at anybody that thought militaries wanted semiautomatic assault rifles.
Isn't true that the American military, among others, are trained to fire in the semi-auto mode because that's the most accurate way of hitting a target while expending the least amount of ammo?

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