# The AR-15 and the Navy Yard shooting

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [September 22, 2013, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ar-15-and-the-navy-yard-shooting/669443 "2013-09-22T14:03:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2013, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ar-15-and-the-navy-yard-shooting/669443/51 "2013-09-22T22:29:45Z")

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I never thought about what weapon he used, or cared. Just another gun in a nation drowning in them.

> [@Eonwe](#):
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> What’s the debate?

This is an obvious anti-gun control thread, so the answer to that is:\* “He didn’t have an AR-15, therefore all gun control is evil, guns are good and holy and everyone should have them at all times. Except left wingers, homosexuals, blacks and other undesirables, who should be shot.”\*

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