• @[email protected]
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    412 months ago

    This is so dumb it beggars belief. Yes, prohibited people are not allowed to buy ammo. However, anyone can go anywhere and buy ammo with nothing more than an ID, and that’s only an age check. Do these senators think Walmart is running a background check on me when I pick up a box of 12-gauge?!

    Saw an amusing video showcasing the ammo cops had confiscated from gangbangers. These guys often had 3-4 different types of ammo in the same magazine. If they can’t afford to visit Academy for a box of 20, they sure can’t afford vending machine prices.

    Wrong hill to fight on you idiots.

      • @[email protected]
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        82 months ago

        Wait what? Background checks on everyone that goes in a Walmart?? That’s an insanely large number of people.

      • @Anyolduser
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        32 months ago

        Could I bother you for some sauce?

          • @Anyolduser
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            12 months ago

            I might be misreading this, but it seems like the ACLU is saying it’s possible, but they don’t have any yard evidence.

              • @Anyolduser
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                12 months ago

                You confidently.stated things as fact without hard evidence.

                Noted.

                  • @Anyolduser
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                    12 months ago

                    I wouldn’t call conjecture “good evidence” under any circumstances.

    • @[email protected]
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      92 months ago

      Different calibers or different tips?

      People have pet theories about the best order of rounds for self defence and stuff.

      I bet you’re right it’s just whatever they found but different calibers would surprise me

      • Cethin
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        42 months ago

        Yeah, putting different rounds in a magazine isn’t that weird. It’s particularly useful if you are using tracers, to notify you when the end of the magazine is coming up for example, and to only have a tracer every few rounds. Even without that, there are reasons someone might have for mixing rounds in a magazine. Obviously, like you said, same caliber is how this is done. If it’s alternating calibers then that’s not great.

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      32 months ago

      Do these senators think Walmart is running a background check on me when I pick up a box of 12-gauge?!

      They’re playing dumb because they want to start doing background checks on ammo purchases.

    • @[email protected]
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      12 months ago

      Depends on the state. The senators in question are both from Massachusetts, where you are required to have a license to purchase a firearm, and, presumably, ammunition as well. I know that Illinois requires a Firearm Owners Identification (FOID) for any gun or ammunition purchase.

      I don’t think I’d even get carded in my state; I’m clearly old enough.