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BlueTrain · December 17, 2012, 03:37 PM

One image you have to overcome is the idea that anyone with either a repeating rifle with a high capacity magazine or any rifle with a telescopic sight is a potential mass murderer or a sniper, which is a sense, they are. Most such people are, up to a point, neither of those things. Then something snaps. These are usually not the same people who rob banks, unless I have a mistaken impression.

Once, almost at the same time Lindburgh flew the Atlantic, someone blew up a school with dynamite. Apparently it was easy to get dynamite at the time. Then, quietly, it was made more difficult to obtain explosives. Do you suppose there was a public outcry over that at the time, in the pre-internet age?

December 17, 2012, 03:37 PM	#25
BlueTrain Senior Member Join Date: September 26, 2005 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 6,141	One image you have to overcome is the idea that anyone with either a repeating rifle with a high capacity magazine or any rifle with a telescopic sight is a potential mass murderer or a sniper, which is a sense, they are. Most such people are, up to a point, neither of those things. Then something snaps. These are usually not the same people who rob banks, unless I have a mistaken impression. Once, almost at the same time Lindburgh flew the Atlantic, someone blew up a school with dynamite. Apparently it was easy to get dynamite at the time. Then, quietly, it was made more difficult to obtain explosives. Do you suppose there was a public outcry over that at the time, in the pre-internet age? __________________ Shoot low, sheriff. They're riding Shetlands! Underneath the starry flag, civilize 'em with a Krag, and return us to our own beloved homes! Buy War Bonds.