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Originally Posted by MartinSE
So you couldn't figure out they meant semi-automatic. The weapon of choice for school shootings is AR-15 which is a semi-automatic.
I bet the poster meant "Long Gun", which has a common definition.
The poster did start with fact, you just chose to be obtuse and argue over wording that I expect you completely understood, but ignored. If you didn't understand, after reading hundreds of mass shooting posts, well, that is sad on you.
You could have corrected their terms gently "I assume you mean semi-automatic " instead you chose to add nothing to the conversation you claim to want to have. So, while we nit pick each other's posts, children are dying.
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Well, we know who the expert is about guns and how to respond gently! So, long, powerful, assault, semi-automatic, automatic are all discussed, and all can kill people if used by a deranged person. This threads origin didn't even start with knowledge of what weapon was used. But what we now hear is that all the weapons this "EVIL" person bought were legal weapons. So, argue if you wish, but also consider that the weapons are said to be legally purchased by a person who supposedly was suicidal, and threatened to kill people in the past. And he still was approved to buy firearms. What it proves is that the approval process did not work well or at all. So, while the sides line up with their positions regarding types of guns are legal or not, it seems that a more significant point is our inability to even conduct a background check. Sounds like the government let us down by rubber stamp rules that would allow any nutcase to buy whatever they want legally. What was the procedure used for the background check? Who was the person who approved the request? Not saying that the nutcase would have been stopped by rejection, but quit fooling us and blaming only the firearm.