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    Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey Aug 3
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    I've never thought gun control was a magical solution to all the deeply ingrained problems that give rise to mass shootings, but someone's going to have to explain why it should be socially and legally permissible to possess an AK-47 in non-warzones

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      2. jdp‏ @jdpls_ Aug 3
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        because shall not be infringed means shall not be infringed

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      3. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey Aug 3
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        Yeah and there are already a variety of infringements on what firearms and firearm accessories you can possess, including one enacted by Trumphttps://www.foxbusiness.com/features/trump-federal-bump-stock-ban-goes-into-effect …

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      2. Joseph Bellofatto‏ @JoeBellofatto Aug 3
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        1) Every individual possesses the right to self-defense and has the right to determine how best to protect their life from attacks upon it. 2) The citizenry should possess the means to remove any state once it becomes tyrannical.

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      3. Joseph Bellofatto‏ @JoeBellofatto Aug 3
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        "That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form..." Declaration of Independence

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      2. Cuomo Watch‏ @CuomoWatch Aug 3
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        It’s really quite simple: The Surprisingly Solid Mathematical Case of the Tin Foil Hat Gun Prepperhttp://bit.ly/2KxJm7m 

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      3. Dwarfavelli‏ @Dwarfavelli Aug 3
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        That was very reasonable and very good.

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      2. Amanda Johnson‏ @RealAmandaEJ Aug 3
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        Because they can. It’s called a right and we don’t have to explain to skeptics why we deserve our 2A right.

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      2. Matthew Battle‏ @librab103 Aug 3
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        Banning riffles like the AK-47 would only decrease gun deaths by less than 5%.

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      3. The Gringo  🌵‏ @GringoFusilero Aug 3
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        Not true. Just because roughly that percentage of murders are committed with rifles doesn’t mean that they wouldn’t be committed with some other weapon absent the availability of an AK-47.

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      1. fijiwaterwave‏ @Roughly9owls Aug 3
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        I'm not sure why you or anyone is owed a explanation on how people exercise their freedoms

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      1. Spacious Igloos for the Masses‏ @Boogaloo_Now Aug 3
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        If you favor banning it, I need you to explain to me why you’d be willing to see me killed if I own one.

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      2. Terrestrial Astronaut‏ @JayFratt Aug 3
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        That’s a solid question. By the timing I take it is in response to the ignorant mass killing today. Instead of answering I will point out evil ignorants can use simple Trucks to carry out larger attacks. The weapon should not be the focus IMO

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      3. Ranba_Ral‏ @Ranba_Ral Aug 3
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        And then there's the ones in China doing knife attacks at things like crowded train stations and getting similar body counts. TLDR: Large numbers of unarmed people in normally peaceful venues (low situational awareness) make easy targets for any sort of weapon

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      2. Jason‏ @jayEhhGee Aug 3
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        This the dumb argument of ppl who don't know anything about guns. If he had gone in there with 4 handguns he'd done the same damage

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      3. Stephen Ketchen‏ @sjketchen Aug 3
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        Wrong. Rounds from semi-automatic rifles travel at nearly 3 times the speed of most handgun rounds and tumble on impact delivering far more traumatic damage per round.

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      1. Cheese Babitz‏ @CheeseBladeAU Aug 3
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        The real question should be: Is the government actually capable of enforcing the law you seek to enact? If yes, that means the government has the monopoly on that level of firepower. If no then that means criminals and the government have said monopoly. 😔

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      2. Jaxon‏ @jxn_w Aug 3
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        Come on, Michael. It is not any different than any other Semi-Automatic rifle. Just because you know the name of it, doesn't mean that it is suddenly worse.

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      3. Ari Segebarth-Bjerga  😺‏ @Bad_Boy_2112 Aug 4
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        No civilian needs a semi-automatic rifle period. There are plenty of other hunting rifles, shotguns and small arms to use.

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      2. Rajesh Paleth‏ @RPaleth Aug 3
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        That's because mass shootings are a symptom of a greater disease - that of the fear and paranoia injected into the US population by mass media, making people progressively more insecure. Fear and warmongering go hand in hand. Mass shootings are a side-effect.

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      3. Big Gav‏ @biggav Aug 4
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        I remember when I watched Michael Moore’s film on gun control that the surprising conclusion was that the unique thing about American gun massacres was the media environment, not gun ownership levels. That said I far prefer Australian restrictions on gun ownership to US chaos.

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