OT Sandy Hook families settle for $73M with gun maker Remington

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  1. SlyPokerDog

    SlyPokerDog Woof! Staff Member Administrator

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    Did any of you actually read what the case was about?

    Do you really believe that there should be personalized targeted marketing to teenagers?

    They sent Adam emails telling him he wasn't a man, but you know what could make him a man? THIS GUN! BUY THIS GUN AND YOU WILL BE MAN!

    And yes, there is a problem with video games. When we played them there was the BFG! Now gun manufacturers pay to have specific guns featured in games. I would put this on a similar level as cigarette and booze manufacturers doing this. Should a character get extra hit points if they smoke a Marlboro or chug a Coors Light?

    So kids are being targeted via email and it's being reinforced in games. While most kids this really won't make that much of a difference these are messages that don't need to be put out there.
     
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    Just wait until the next gen of shooters come out on unreal engine 6. Will be very bad for kids.
     
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    Boy....... we could really sue the hell out of the Army then.... or really the Marines.
     
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    Love it and wish it was more but oh well
     
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    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    I will be sure to use the defense in court that the video game made me steal that super expensive car because they targeted me with marketing.

    Damn video games!

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    SlyPokerDog Woof! Staff Member Administrator

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    Telling the weird loner kid that all of his problems will be solved by buying a specific weapon isn't the smartest idea.

    BTW the Supreme Court has declined to hear the appeal of this case.
     
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    “45K People Died from Gun Violence on Your Watch”: Parkland Survivors Demand More Action from Biden.



    This is simply insane.
     
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    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    How many of those were suicides?
     
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    Yes, but I don't know of any that can't be used in hunting big game off hand, maybe a switch blade.
     
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    Lanny Original Season Ticket Holder "Mr. Big Shot"

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    They truly qualify as a well armed and trained militia.
     
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    Road Ratt King of my own little world

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    It's a short video, watching it would answer your question.
     
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    I’ve seen plenty of anti gun propaganda and they like to skew their numbers. I have heard all the reasons to get rid of guns.

    Summarize for me.
     
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    'It shoots just like mom and dad's gun': Weapons manufacturer unveils AR-15 for KIDS - called JR-15 - that is 20% smaller and weighs just 2.3lbs
    • Weapons manufacturer Wee 1 Tactics unveiled JR-15, a kids' version of AR-15-style assault rifle
    • Semiautomatic rifle is 20 percent smaller than AR-15, weighs 2.3lbs and shoots .22-caliber rounds
    • Weapon, decorated with skull and crossbones with pacifier, was introduced at last months' SHOT show in Las Vegas
    • AR-15 semiautomatic assault rifles were used in 11 mass shootings in the US since 2012, including at Sandy Hook, in Las Vegas and at Parkland
    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...facturer-unveils-AR-15-KIDS-called-JR-15.html
     
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    This rifle is the same .22 kids have been shooting for 100 years... It just looks different.
     
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    Is it bolt action? Mine was bolt action back in the 50s which is what every kid I knew that had a .22 shot back then.
     
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    Probably not. But they've been semiautomatic for that long as well... And many kids used them. We had a bolt action and a semi-auto when I was a kid.

    And they've always held 13 rounds as well.

    The bolt action was nice to conserve ammunition, otherwise it's pretty much the same.
     
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    I grew up with this bad boy

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    But funny enough, it can be modded

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    What's funny to me though is that it's the same gun. It shoots the same rounds. It's no more deadly. It just looks scarier.
     
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    Bingo.
     
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    Lanny Original Season Ticket Holder "Mr. Big Shot"

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    I can;t recall exactly but I think mine held about 7 shots. J.C. Higgins.
     
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    Long among the most popular .22 rifles (or rifles in general), the Marlin Model 60 (semiautomatic) actually had an 18 round capacity until 1968, when capacity was reduced to 14 rounds.

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