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skooterblue2 wrote: »Australia. Australia had mandatory buyback programs in 1996 and 2003. Both programs were temporary and involved compensation paid to owners of firearms made illegal by gun law changes and surrendered to the government.
2014 hostage crisis and shooting. two dead.
2015 parramatta shooting two dead.
imagine if they had guns they werent even proper citizens.
Compare that to the tens of thousands killed in America during that 5 year period,
How many mass shooting in that time frame in America
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Since 2000 this only covers headline mass shootings
Timeline: Mass shootings since 2000 in the United States
Dec. 26, 2000 —Wakefield, Massachusetts
Michael McDermott, 42, shot and killed seven co-workers at Edgewater Technology using several weapons, including an AK-47.
March 12, 2005 —Brookefield, Wisconsin
Terry Ratzmann, 44, shot and killed seven members of the Living Church of God at a Sheraton hotel with a 9mm handgun before committing suicide.
March 21, 2005 —Red Lake, Minnesota
Jeffrey Weise, 16, shot and killed 10 people before turning the gun on himself, including his grandfather and a police officer, using several weapons, including a 12 gauge shotgun.
Jan. 30, 2006 —Goleta, California
Former postal worker Jennifer San Marco, 44, shot and killed seven people, including several former coworkers, and herself.
Oct. 2, 2006 —Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Charles Carl Roberts IV shot and killed five female students inside an Amish schoolhouse using several weapons before committing suicide.
Feb. 12, 2007 —Salt Lake City, Utah
Sulejman Talovic, 18, killed five people at Trolley Square Mall with two weapons before he was shot and killed by police.
April 16, 2007 —Blacksburg, Virginia
College student Seung-Hui Cho shot and killed 32 people on the campus of Virginia Tech with two weapons before taking his own life.
Oct. 7, 2007 —Crandon, Wisconsin
Sheriff's deputy Tyler Peterson, 20, shot and killed six people at a post-Homecoming party in an apartment before committing suicide. He used a semiautomatic rifle.
Dec. 5, 2007 —Omaha, Nebraska
Robert A. Hawkins killed eight people and himself using a semiautomatic rifle after entering the Westroads Mall.
Feb. 2, 2008 —Kirkwood, Missouri
Charles Lee Thornton, 52, entered a public city council meeting and shot and killed five people with two handguns before he was shot and killed by police.
Feb. 14, 2008 —Dekalb, Ilinois
Steven Kazmierczak, 27, shot and killed five people on the campus of Northern Illinois University with several semiautomatic weapons before killing himself.
June 25, 2008 —Henderson, Kentucky
Wesley Neal Higdon, 25, killed five people at Atlantis Plastics Factory with a semiautomatic weapon before taking his own life.
April 3, 2009 —Binghamton, New York
Jiverly Antares Wong, a 41-year-old naturalized American citizen from Vietnam, shot and killed 14 people at the American Civic Association with two weapons before killing himself.
August 3, 2010 — Manchester, Connecticut
Omar Thorton, 34, entered a warehouse owned by his former employer, Hartford Distributors, and shot and killed eight people with two semiautomatic weapons before committing suicide.
Sept. 6, 2011 —Carson City, Nevada
Eduardo Sencion, 32, opened fire with a semiautomatic rifle in an IHOP restaurant, killing four people and himself.
July 20, 2012 —Aurora, Colorado
James Holmes, 25, shot and killed 12 people in a movie theater during the premiere of "The Dark Knight Rises" using several weapons, including a semiautomatic rifle.
Aug. 5, 2012 —Oak Creek, Wisconsin
Wade Michael Page, 40, killed four people with a semiautomatic weapon inside a Sikh temple before turning the gun on himself.
Dec. 14, 2012 —Newtown, Connecticut
Adam Lanza, 20, shot and killed his mother and 26 people inside Sandy Hook Elementary School before turning the gun on himself.
March 13, 2013 —Herkimer, New York
Kurt Meyers, 64, killed four people at a car wash and barbershop with a shotgun before he was shot and killed by police.
Sept. 16, 2013 —Washington, D.C.
Aaron Alexis, 34, shot and killed 12 people inside the Washington Navy Yard with a 12-gauge shotgun before he was shot and killed by police.
June 7, 2013 —Santa Monica, California
John Zawahri, 23, opened fire in a home and later on the campus of Santa Monica College, killing five people with a semiautomatic rifle. He was killed during a shootout with police.
July 26, 2013 —Hialeah, Florida
Pedro Alberto Vargas, 42, shot and killed six people with a semiautomatic weapon in his apartment complex before setting fire to his own apartment. He was shot and killed by a SWAT team.
September 14, 2014— Bell, Florida
Don C. Spirit, 51, shot and killed his granddaughter and six grandchildren before turning the gun on himself.
May 17, 2015— Waco, Texas
Rival motorcycle gangs kill nine at a restaurant in Waco, Texas. There were over 170 arrests made after the incident.
June 17, 2015 — Charleston, S.C.
Dylann Roof, 21, walks into a historic black church in Charleston, South Carolina and kills nine people.
Oct. 1, 2015—Roseburg, OR.
Christopher Harper-Mercer enters Umpqua Community College in southwest Oregon opens fire and kills nine, wounding seven others before police shot him to death.
November 27, 2015— Colorado Springs, Colorado
Robert Lewis Dear storms in a Planned Parenthood health clinic in Colorado Springs, Colorado and kills three people and wounding nine.
December 2, 2015— San Bernardino, California
A man and a woman walk into a holiday party both armed with assault weapons and kill 14 people and wounding 17 others.
June 12, 2016 — Orlando, Florida
Omar Mir SeddiqueMateen, 29, killed 49 people and injured 53 at Pulse – a popular gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida. President Barack Obama described the horrific event as an "act of terror and hate."
October 1, 2017 — Las Vegas, Nevada
Stephen Paddock, 64, opened fire from the 32nd floor of a Las Vegas hotel during a country music concert located at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, killing more than 50 people and injuring about 200 others.
November 5, 2017 — Sutherland Springs, Texas
Devin Patrick Kelley, 26 entered First Baptist Church during in Sutherland Springs, Texas during service, killing at least 26 people and wounding at least 20.
February 14, 2018 — Parkland, Florida
Nikolas Cruz, a 19-year-old former student at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida walked into the school, and killed 17 students, according to federal officials before taken into police custody.
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skooterblue2 wrote: »That is so funny so how far back do we send hunting rifles? Based on the fact that the mechanism for most bolt action rifles is based on the K-98?
You don't need a semi automatic box Mag fed rifle to hunt .
Or a .50 anti material rifle
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skooterblue2 wrote: »Might do, I am going searching for gators in Florida next year.
Try a grenade ,not much going to by left by fify ,
Seen what it does to a human body hit from one mile
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Topgear on Dave wrote: »The application is way more difficult than the theory alright.
I was in Texas for work a few years ago. Local colleagues told me gun sales went through the roof whenever restrictions were talked about. The gun industry must love it.
Yeah several of the gun companies regularly run quick get them before there banned ads and videos with associated dealers on social media and the buyers flock with cash in hand .
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