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		zol on April 1, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The average American has the same life expectancy ... Since the second amendment doesn’t specify what arms I have the right to bear does that mean I should be allowed to wander down to my local gun store to pick up a surface to air missile so that I can shoot down an airliner? Of course not, that would be insane. So why not put similar limits on automatic weapons that can mow down an auditorium full of kids?

bitwize on April 1, 2023 [–]

Automatic weapons that can mow down an auditorium are already illegal without a special license.

What's needed is a ban on semiauto rifles and pistols in civilian hands without a license. While we're doing that, may as well restrict all firearms.

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