# The AR-15 and the Navy Yard shooting

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ar-15-and-the-navy-yard-shooting/669443>\
**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:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2013, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ar-15-and-the-navy-yard-shooting/669443/58 "2013-09-22T22:46:54Z")

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> [@Der\_Trihs](#):
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> 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.”\*

This is threadshitting, **Der Trihs** - very obnoxious threadshitting even compared to some of your other work. I’m giving you a warning for this one.

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