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Re:FBI tells lawmakers it can't access Dayton gunman's phone by tomschlick on Saturday August 10, 2019 @12:59PM (#20663177)
> I'll accept a solution that takes 30 years over nothing.

Guns last a lot longer than 30 years. 80-120 years sounds more like it. They are not going away anytime soon even if you do ban them (which wont happen).

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Re:FBI tells lawmakers it can't access Dayton gunman's phone by tootie on Saturday August 10, 2019 @04:55PM (#20664470)
Then why do people keep buying them?
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Re:FBI tells lawmakers it can't access Dayton gunman's phone by tomschlick on Saturday August 10, 2019 @05:15PM (#20664559)
1) different guns do different things 2) they become collectors items 3) just because we can
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Re:FBI tells lawmakers it can't access Dayton gunman's phone by CydeWeys on Sunday August 11, 2019 @01:41PM (#20669327)
Why do people buy tens of thousands of Magic cards when you only need 40 in a deck to play?
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