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Ocelot II

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5. I doubt that in this case, since nobody is calling for a ban on ordinary hunting rifles.

Reply to Johonny (Reply #2)

Tue Sep 23, 2025, 10:50 AM

Sep 23

Kirk was shot with an old .30-06 deer rifle, a weapon capable of only one shot at a time. The focus is, and should be, on military-type assault weapons like the AR-15, which have been used by many mass shooters and are capable of killing large numbers of people in a short time. Any attempt to ban common hunting guns would not only fall flat but would impede serious efforts to limit or ban assault weapons. The Kirk murder doesn't raise the same kind of gun control issues as the mass shootings in schools and other public places.

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If Charlie Kirk had been accidentally run over by a bus instead of intentionally shot, [View all] Ocelot II Sep 23 OP

No. Harker Sep 23 #1

All this is to make sure no one signs any new gun Johonny Sep 23 #2

Worse than that, gab13by13 Sep 23 #4

That's the worst of it. If you don't kiss Charlie's dead ass you'll be canceled. Ocelot II Sep 23 #6

I doubt that in this case, since nobody is calling for a ban on ordinary hunting rifles. Ocelot II Sep 23 #5

Thank you for this! RoseTrellis Sep 23 #8

Gun registration, insurance, mandatory training classes Johonny Sep 23 #14

None of that would have made a bit of difference in this case. Ocelot II Sep 23 #21

Lets try nothing and see if that works Johonny Sep 23 #25

Are you in favor of banning hunting rifles? Ocelot II Sep 23 #26

Not a scapegoat a martyr. gab13by13 Sep 23 #3

Well, buses (like trains and light rail) are socialist! Socialism means BAD!! Bad means SOCIALISM!! hatrack Sep 23 #7

If poor dead charlie kirk had had a gun........ lastlib Sep 23 #9

They'd dismantle public transportation lame54 Sep 23 #10

Or fire all the unionized bus drivers and replace them with Musk's full self-driving shitware. sop Sep 23 #13

Post removed Post removed Sep 23 #11

I would have been spared any knowledge of him still. Ping Tung Sep 23 #12

Better example malaise Sep 23 #15

If he was shot in a theater watching the latest Godzilla movie, miyazaki Sep 23 #16

Enough with CK already. Let's move on. Sneederbunk Sep 23 #17

You didn't need to comment on this thread if you want to move on. Ocelot II Sep 23 #22

I pictured him the type to go out with his pants around his ankles Maru Kitteh Sep 23 #18

Notice how irrelevant Rush Limbaugh has become since his death? Tommy Carcetti Sep 23 #19

Assassinations always backfire. yardwork Sep 23 #20

It would have been Biden's fault. milestogo Sep 23 #23

No. They would have said ..... It is Gods Will. Trueblue1968 Sep 23 #24

If Kirk had been hit by a bus, there would be a cornucopia of conspiracy theories RockRaven Sep 23 #27