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Gun Control & RKBA

yagotme

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11. Your other points have been covered,

Reply to RainCaster (Reply #6)

Wed Jul 17, 2019, 05:43 PM

Jul 2019

and fairly well, but this statement

"What happens when those shells go off inside a human body is absolutely horrific."

leads me to believe you have been misled in some of your information. A cartridge "goes off" inside the chamber of a weapon, pushing a projectile down the barrel. A "shell" that goes off inside a human body is a piece of artillery.

And, you can safely and healthily enjoy shooting without killing anything. Not so much with smoking.

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I've been thinking about "gun-control" proponents [View all] discntnt_irny_srcsm Jul 2019 OP

Not this one RainCaster Jul 2019 #1

This is not about the NRA discntnt_irny_srcsm Jul 2019 #2

I usually piss off both sides. The Mouth Jul 2019 #3

re: "I usually piss off both sides." Excellent, always a good practice. discntnt_irny_srcsm Jul 2019 #8

My thoughts on gun control RainCaster Jul 2019 #4

The existence of this group sarisataka Jul 2019 #5

and we agree to disagree... RainCaster Jul 2019 #6

The state of journalism is poor, gejohnston Jul 2019 #10

Your other points have been covered, yagotme Jul 2019 #11

In response discntnt_irny_srcsm Jul 2019 #7

Just a few things, gejohnston Jul 2019 #9

I think a lot of people simply don't want to educate themselves krispos42 Jul 2019 #12