• Death_Equity@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    He wasn’t a sniper, he was just firing shots indiscriminately.

    He used a “bump stock”, not a “forced reset trigger”. You don’t need a bump stock or FRT to fire at a high rate of speed, they just make it easier.

    Your valid argument is made weak by your ignorance.

    • theyoyomaster@lemmy.worldOP
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      1 year ago

      He had bump stocks, the official investigation never determined whether or not he used them or if any of the rifles were illegally modified to be actual machine guns.

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        1 year ago

        The official investigation also never really turned up a motive, and if he was suicidal and wanted to take the maximum number of people with him, he had his own plane, so…

        • theyoyomaster@lemmy.worldOP
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          There’s a lot of unanswered questions, even after the investigation was completed. A FOIA request showed that the ATF was prohibited from inspecting any of the guns to check for full auto modifications. It was a deliberate choice by investigators to not determine anything pertaining to the function of any given weapon.

      • SeaJ@lemm.ee
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        1 year ago

        It’s pretty obvious he did but the extremely high rate of fire. You’d have to be nuts to think he brought them but decided his finger had had enough of a work out to be able to for rapidly for an extended period of time. It’s not like he needed precision since he was firing into a giant crowd

    • Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      Those people are still dead no matter what you call the person who pulled a trigger.

      This is the most infuriating part about talking to gun nuts.

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      1 year ago

      If your reply is “well, technically…”, “Well, technically”, “yeah but, technically…” You may not have as great an argument as you think

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      Great! If you don’t need either to accomplish that then there’s no reason why a market should exist for them, right?

    • Astroturfed@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      He just used a device that achieves the exact same result. Such a solid argument you used to tear him down.