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Originally Posted by CheeseFrog
Hunting rifles and sporting shotguns, sure... not a problem. However, I think we need to outlaw military caliber weapons, period. Ban the sale, transfer, and possession -- just like they do in Mexico.
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And what exactly is a military caliber? AR-15 shoots a .223, that's a hunting caliber also.
M1 Carbine, vintage WWII is a .30 caliber pistol round and Garand uses a 30.06, then there are all the automatic weapons that use the 9mm. BTW, Mexico is a bad example of anything working for gun control
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Originally Posted by Rochard
You must have missed this discussion. Yes, Chicago just passed 500 murders. However, this is part of a downward trend - it used to be nearly twice as much.
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1990: 851
1991: 927
1992: 943
1993: 855
1994: 931
1995: 828
1996: 796
1997: 761
1998: 704
1999: 643
2000: 633
2001: 667
2002: 656
2003: 601
2004: 453
2005: 451
2006: 471
2007: 448
2008: 513
2009: 459
2010: 436
2011: 433
You could also say it's at a 4 year high? Please tell me where 500 murders in a city annually is a good thing?
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Originally Posted by NETbilling
An assault weapons ban would take several years to see any effects and thats ok with me. Do it now and let our children and theirs reap the benefits.
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Not working for Chicago, most murders are not done with Assault Weapons. I really don't know where you guys think that getting rid of a type of weapon will reduce crime in any way? During the last ban on assault style weapons is when the Columbine shooting took place.
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Carbon is not the problem, it makes up 0.041% of our atmosphere , 95% of that is from Volcanos and decomposing plants and stuff. So people in the US are responsible for 13% of the carbon in the atmosphere which 95% is not from Humans, like cars and trucks and stuff and they want to spend trillions to fix it while Solar Panel plants are powered by coal plants
think about that