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US veterans join forces for gun reform
« on: March 08, 2018, 08:09:27 pm »
Dave Baril has served in the US Marine Corps for over 18 years, deployed twice to Iraq, and is a gun owner.

But after a teenager killed 17 people in Florida last month -- the deadliest school shooting to hit the country in over five years -- he took his personal AR-15 rifle to a local police station and turned it in for destruction.

Baril is one of a group of US military veterans calling for tighter firearms regulations in an effort to reduce gun violence in America, bringing their knowledge of weapons and war -- and accompanying credibility -- to the contentious debate.

Shootings at a Las Vegas concert last year and at the Parkland, Florida high school "really woke me up the most," he said.

The 42-year-old said he is "all for the 2nd Amendment" to the US Constitution, which guarantees the right to bear arms.

"But that doesn't mean that... we should all be driving around in tanks just because... the military has tanks," he said.

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The military has more than its share of liberals...no surprise here.  I suppose I need to start a group called "Vets against the abridgement of our 2nd Amendment rights."
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Re: US veterans join forces for gun reform
« Reply #1 on: March 08, 2018, 08:48:45 pm »
You can't have a tank. People have lost the ability to articulate.
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Re: US veterans join forces for gun reform
« Reply #2 on: March 08, 2018, 10:53:25 pm »
You can't have a tank. People have lost the ability to articulate.
Actually you can.  And one guy turned his expensive hobby into a business and tourist attraction. 

https://www.drivetanks.com

For those of us who cannot afford our own, you can drive and shoot his, for a bit of a feed.
« Last Edit: March 08, 2018, 10:53:58 pm by thackney »
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Re: US veterans join forces for gun reform
« Reply #3 on: March 08, 2018, 11:00:05 pm »
Ironically you CAN own a tank.
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Re: US veterans join forces for gun reform
« Reply #4 on: March 09, 2018, 04:35:59 pm »
Publicity stunts like this achieve nothing except give you 15 minutes of fame.

Not to mention any bad guy now knows this dude turned in his rifle for destruction and it isn't protecting his house anymore.
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