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mwrguy

(3,245 posts)
Wed Sep 18, 2013, 07:08 PM Sep 2013

Navy Yard weapon exempted under proposed ban [View all]

Easy solution: add it to the ban list

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The shotgun used by the Navy Yard shooter is identified by name as a firearm that would not be covered under a proposed weapons ban supported by the White House.

The shotgun Navy Yard gunman Aaron Alexis used in his rampage, the Remington 870 Express, is included in a long list of firearms that would be exempted from a ban if legislation introduced in the Senate earlier this year were to become law.

The bill, introduced by California Democrat Dianne Feinstein, has little hope of passage. It would ban 157 specific firearms designed for military and law enforcement use, and it would exempt more than 2,200 others.


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You are going to ban pump shotguns? n/t PoliticAverse Sep 2013 #1
Why not? mwrguy Sep 2013 #3
I've owned a pump shotgun for over forty years. I'm not about to give it up to you or anyone else. SlimJimmy Sep 2013 #12
I keep hearing the same thing about AR15s mwrguy Sep 2013 #13
Your argument is so weak as to be nonexistent. There is no comparison between SlimJimmy Sep 2013 #15
Australia banned pump shotguns after the Port Arthur massacre mwrguy Sep 2013 #16
By that logic, we should also ban knives, bats, hunting bows, and tire irons. At what SlimJimmy Sep 2013 #17
Nice talking points, Mr. Pierre mwrguy Sep 2013 #20
BLAH Blah blah When you don't have a counter-argument, use a personal attack. SlimJimmy Sep 2013 #22
This message was self-deleted by its author mwrguy Sep 2013 #2
The Kel-Tec 15 shot (25 shot) pump shotgun that Zimmerman bought isn't on the ban list either. nt rdharma Sep 2013 #4
It's insane that such a thing is even on the market mwrguy Sep 2013 #5
That's one of the most popular sporting arms in the US Link Speed Sep 2013 #6
well if it's popular for sports then it must be OK mwrguy Sep 2013 #7
Reductio ad absurdum ........ NRA style! nt rdharma Sep 2013 #8
Hi Wayne, how are things at the NRA store? CTyankee Sep 2013 #9
Are Mossberg 500s on the list? Robb Sep 2013 #10
No, it's not. furious Sep 2013 #21
It's a pump shotgun. It's as sporting as you can get. bobclark86 Sep 2013 #11
Trying to include pump action guns on a ban list would be a political impossibility Kaleva Sep 2013 #14
I tried to make that point, but he insists that the banning of all weapons is necessary. SlimJimmy Sep 2013 #18
Some do have the opinion that only a complete ban would be effective Kaleva Sep 2013 #19
Not gonna happen. This is a very popular gun on many levels. Starboard Tack Sep 2013 #23
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