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**44 AMP** · September 4, 2021, 01:03 AM

I just can't get past the fact that it was the mother who bought the rifle, not the son, and since he killed her first, she can't tell us what her reasons were, and ASSUMING she only bought it because he wanted it is just that, an assumption, and not in any way a verifiable fact.

Its been some time and I no longer remember all the details easily, but didn't she have other guns as well? Or was the AR the only one?? I don't remember..
point here, mother or not bought "for him" or not, the rifle's legal owner was murdered and the rifle taken (I think that also counts as theft) so how the hell is Remington, or ANYBODY who didn't pull the trigger responsible??

September 4, 2021, 01:03 AM	#10
44 AMP Staff Join Date: March 11, 2006 Location: Upper US Posts: 28,844	I just can't get past the fact that it was the mother who bought the rifle, not the son, and since he killed her first, she can't tell us what her reasons were, and ASSUMING she only bought it because he wanted it is just that, an assumption, and not in any way a verifiable fact. Its been some time and I no longer remember all the details easily, but didn't she have other guns as well? Or was the AR the only one?? I don't remember.. point here, mother or not bought "for him" or not, the rifle's legal owner was murdered and the rifle taken (I think that also counts as theft) so how the hell is Remington, or ANYBODY who didn't pull the trigger responsible?? __________________ All else being equal (and it almost never is) bigger bullets tend to work better.