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38 min. to buy AR-15, run on them in Orlando - 6/15/2016 6:40:00 AM

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ar-15-orlando_us_576059f3e4b0e4fe5143fd4d?

ORLANDO, Fla. — It took us 38 minutes to walk out of a gun shop with a death machine.

Just two days after Omar Mateen used a semi-automatic rifle to murder 49 innocent people and injure dozens more, we were able to purchase an AR-15 — a rifle similar to Mateen’s that has been used in several other mass shootings on American soil — in less time than it takes to buy a cart full of groceries.

We would have been locked and loaded within five minutes, but the gun shop employee we spoke to said the queue on background checks was longer than usual because people were scrambling to buy AR-15s in the wake of the shooting. That’s both terrifying and unsurprising — gun sales often skyrocket after mass shootings.

But the ease with which we purchased our AR-15, a Vietnam-era gun hailed by the military as being the perfect killing machine, was surreal. This, despite the fact that Florida Gov. Rick Scott had declared a state of emergency in Orange County, which includes Orlando.

On any given day, regardless of whether your town has endured a horrific tragedy, it’s not hard to purchase a weapon of mass murder like we did in most of America. A reporter for the Philadelphia Daily News was able to get one in just seven minutes in Pennsylvania on Monday.

Within seconds, we had it in our hands: A rifle that weighs less than a small watermelon and can, like the MCX Sig Sauer that Mateen used, easily fire several dozen rounds in less than 10 seconds. Our Diamondback DB15‘s killing power is striking, and at $644, it’s a relatively affordable murder weapon.

Semi-automatic rifles like the AR-15 have been used in several of the most deadly shooting rampages in the United States in recent years, even before the attack in Orlando. The killers behind the mass shootings in San Bernardino, California, the elementary school at Newtown, Connecticut, and the movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, all used AR-15s.

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RE: 38 min. to buy AR-15, run on them in Orlando - 6/15/2016 7:24:19 AM

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*Yawn*

Keep quaking in fear there MM, we find you guys funny.

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RE: 38 min. to buy AR-15, run on them in Orlando - 6/15/2016 7:26:23 AM

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Just sharing the idiocy, funny man.

Stick your head back in the sand.

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RE: 38 min. to buy AR-15, run on them in Orlando - 6/15/2016 7:38:13 AM

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38 mins sound very long to purchase a gun. I thought it would be easier? What's causing the delay?

Although this is rather absurd.

Shop workers told us we’d have to wait if we wanted to buy a smaller gun. There’s a three-day waiting period for handgun purchases in Florida, but that rule does not apply to rifles.

Whoever made up that rule! I am really curious precisely what is the rationale?

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RE: 38 min. to buy AR-15, run on them in Orlando - 6/15/2016 7:39:33 AM

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You should read the post, which answers that question specifically.

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RE: 38 min. to buy AR-15, run on them in Orlando - 6/15/2016 7:41:10 AM

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38 mins sound very long to purchase a gun. I thought it would be easier? What's causing the delay?

The queue at the till.
There's a long tradition in America of fuckwits panic-buying whatever fiream was used in the latest spree killing for the next week or so, until they calm down and realise it probably isn't going to get banned after all.

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RE: 38 min. to buy AR-15, run on them in Orlando - 6/15/2016 7:48:52 AM

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BATFEces has really been on the ball speeding up those NICS checks, at least. NFA is running pretty smoothly now as well. They just need to remove their collective cranium from their rectal orifice over the various regulations and changing definitions, and stop doing stupid things.

The AR15 has been used in a couple of mass shootings, but not as many as the urinalists make out, the guy in the movie theater had one, but left it in the trunk of his car. Mostly they just use pistols. But what it really comes down to is the intent of the buyer. If he's a terrorist, he'll get one one way or another, maybe go down to Mexico and buy one of the ones the odumbass misadministration was handing out like party favors. Why is it that I should be maltreated by my .gov because some other guy is a dick?

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RE: 38 min. to buy AR-15, run on them in Orlando - 6/15/2016 8:06:56 AM

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ORIGINAL: mrevibo
Why is it that I should be maltreated by my .gov because some other guy is a dick?

Why should innocent children die just so you can buy a weapon to compensate for your small dick?

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RE: 38 min. to buy AR-15, run on them in Orlando - 6/15/2016 8:51:37 AM

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ORIGINAL: Awareness

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ORIGINAL: mrevibo
Why is it that I should be maltreated by my .gov because some other guy is a dick?

Why should innocent children die just so you can buy a weapon to compensate for your small dick?

Ahhhh....here we go with the "...but the children..." argument. With the typical 'making up for masculine deficiency' insult thrown in for good measure.

What's next? The "even if it saves only one life, isn't shredding the Bill of Rights worth it" argument?

Tell me, Awareness...how many children were IN Pulse?

Meanwhile, in the real world...and keep in mind that 46 states have banned texting while driving, as have D. C., Puerto Rico, Guam and the Virgin Islands. ( see http://www.ncsl.org/research/transportation/cellular-phone-use-and-texting-while-driving-laws.aspx )
And yet...

General Cell Phone Statistics
Note: These are the most recent statistics available

The National Safety Council reports that cell phone use while driving leads to 1.6 million crashes each year.
Nearly 330,000 injuries occur each year from accidents caused by texting while driving. (Nearly 1000 people/day)
1 out of every 4 car accidents in the United States is caused by texting and driving.
Texting while driving is 6x more likely to cause an accident than driving drunk.
Answering a text takes away your attention for about five seconds. Traveling at 55 mph, that's enough time to travel the length of a football field.
Texting while driving causes a 400% increase in time spent with eyes off the road.
Of all cell phone related tasks, texting is by far the most dangerous activity.
94% of drivers support a ban on texting while driving.
74% of drivers support a ban on hand-held cell phone use.

Teen Driver Cell Phone Statistics
11 teens die every day as a result of texting while driving.
According to a AAA poll, 94% of teen drivers acknowledge the dangers of texting and driving, but 35% admitted to doing it anyway.
21% of teen drivers involved in fatal accidents were distracted by their cell phones.
Teen drivers are 4x more likely than adults to get into car crashes or near-crashes when talking or texting on a cell phone.
A teen driver with only one additional passenger doubles the risk of getting into a fatal car accident. With two or more passengers, they are 5x as likely.

2013 U.S. Cell Phone and Driving Statistics
In 2013, 3,154 people were killed in distraction-related crashes. (Approx. 8 people per day)
About 424,000 people were injured in crashes involving a distracted driver.
In 2013, 10% of all drivers ages 15 to 19 involved in fatal accidents were reported to be distracted at the time of the crash.

https://www.edgarsnyder.com/car-accident/cause-of-accident/cell-phone/cell-phone-statistics.html

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RE: 38 min. to buy AR-15, run on them in Orlando - 6/15/2016 9:00:24 AM

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Way to hijack the thread.

Rest assured . . . law enforcement is getting up to speed:
http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/a20366/new-textalyzer-police-texting-driving/

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RE: 38 min. to buy AR-15, run on them in Orlando - 6/15/2016 9:21:24 AM

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Tell me, Awareness...how many children were IN Pulse?

Given that some of you guys seem to take those claims that teh gays is all paedos seriously, they probably had a few kids in a "pick your own fuck" tank by the toilet for the chickenhawks...

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RE: 38 min. to buy AR-15, run on them in Orlando - 6/15/2016 10:29:50 AM

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Tell me, Awareness...how many children were IN Pulse?

Given that some of you guys seem to take those claims that teh gays is all paedos seriously, they probably had a few kids in a "pick your own fuck" tank by the toilet for the chickenhawks...

Given I'm not one of 'those guys', that lets your assumption about me and others on the right seem pretty foolish, doesn't it?

Through friends and family that are gay...and reading up on the subject...I know that not to be true. Of course, I wasn't the one to bring children into the equation, Awareness was. Why do I have the feeling that you come down on the same emotive side of the gun control argument as he does? Go ahead, now you tell me MY assumption is wrong.

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RE: 38 min. to buy AR-15, run on them in Orlando - 6/15/2016 10:31:01 AM

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Way to hijack the thread.

Rest assured . . . law enforcement is getting up to speed:
http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/a20366/new-textalyzer-police-texting-driving/

Not a hijack...a complementary tangent.

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RE: 38 min. to buy AR-15, run on them in Orlando - 6/15/2016 10:31:50 AM

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To be honest, I have difficulty keeping the religious rightards in here separate from the libertarian rightards. There's loads of you little fuckers talking all manner of shite, and it can be hard to keep track of which one of you was spouting which nonsense.

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RE: 38 min. to buy AR-15, run on them in Orlando - 6/15/2016 10:32:01 AM

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Yeah. Texting and AR-15s. An association everyone makes.

Call your pharmacy.

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RE: 38 min. to buy AR-15, run on them in Orlando - 6/15/2016 10:33:21 AM

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Yeah. Texting and AR-15s. An association everyone makes.

Call your pharmacy.

"I iz out of ammo, innit? Plz bring mo bullitz to gay bar, m8..."

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RE: 38 min. to buy AR-15, run on them in Orlando - 6/15/2016 10:35:00 AM

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Way to hijack the thread.

Rest assured . . . law enforcement is getting up to speed:
http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/a20366/new-textalyzer-police-texting-driving/

I think it was a relavent point made regarding an inane point. But, I understand your inability to connect things up.

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RE: 38 min. to buy AR-15, run on them in Orlando - 6/15/2016 10:37:08 AM

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Yeah. Texting and AR-15s. An association everyone makes.

Call your pharmacy.

Again, not able to see the point. That specific point was children being harmed.

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RE: 38 min. to buy AR-15, run on them in Orlando - 6/15/2016 10:38:21 AM

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I see you're not familiar with the concept of thread topic.

Something else your mommy didn't tell you.

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RE: 38 min. to buy AR-15, run on them in Orlando - 6/15/2016 10:47:22 AM

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Well, I could say it's typical of the voluntarily emasculated leftrhoids to be obsessed with their jealousy of functional genitalia, but do you know how many children are in danger because of my rifles? Can you count as high as zero?

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