Ban on 30-Round Gun Magazines in Connecticut Died After Pressure

[marmar]

(Bloomberg) Magazines that fed bullets into the primary firearm used to kill 26 children and adults at a Connecticut school would have been banned under state legislation that the National Rifle Association and gunmakers successfully fought.

The shooter at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Adam Lanza, 20, used a Bushmaster AR-15 rifle with magazines containing 30 rounds as his main weapon, said Connecticut State Police Lieutenant Paul Vance at a news conference today.

A proposal in March 2011 would have made it a felony to possess magazines with more than 10 bullets and required owners to surrender them to law enforcement or remove them from the state. Opponents sent more than 30,000 e-mails and letters to state lawmakers as part of a campaign organized by the NRA and other gun advocates, said Robert Crook, head of the Hartford- based Coalition of Connecticut Sportsmen, which opposed the legislation.

“The legislators got swamped by NRA emails,” said Betty Gallo, who lobbied on behalf of the legislation for Southport- based Connecticut Against Gun Violence. “They were scared of the NRA and the political backlash.” ...............(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-12-16/ban-on-30-round-gun-magazines-in-connecticut-died-after-pressure.html

[former-republican]

1. He could have used 3 mags , same thing and the outcome is the same.

It takes a seconded to dump a mag and insert another.

People need to get a grip and understand the mag count wasn't the problem here.

Just political pandering

[likesmountains 52]

2. So, what exactly is the problem? I seriously want to understand.

[former-republican]

7. It's not a problem

I just get sick of politicians that pander when they know damn well
the real issue on the AWB

It was a bunch of feel good crap given to their constituents.

[likesmountains 52]

11. I'm asking...what is the real issue on the AWB?

[former-republican]

13. It was a cosmetic ban on firearms

You need a gun person to make common sense gun laws.
Anyone that's a shooter reading this knows what I mean.

[byeya]

17. The law would have outlawed the possession of a magazine that could hold more than 10 rounds.

And, you don't need a "gun person" to write legislation to protect and promote the safety of the citizens of the state.

[former-republican]

26. yes you do

[likesmountains 52]

21. Sounds a bit like putting a fox in charge of the hen house.

[former-republican]

25. It's not

Not if you have the right people doing it with the President leading

[aandegoons]

3. So you don't have an issue with getting rid of high capacity mags.

Seeing you can just use three mags.

[former-republican]

4. There's millions and millions of 20 and 30 round mags in circulation

Even during the 94 ban that lasted 10 years 30 and 20 rounders were easily available
to anyone that wanted one.

Political pandering ....like I said

[RomneyLies]

32. So you make possession of one a federal felony.

Each magazine over 30 rounds = five years in a federal pen MINIMUM.

Problem solved.

[kestrel91316]

6. Your continual support for the RW viewpoint is fascinating. How do you reconcile

them with your loving embrace of the Democratic party and all it stands for?

[former-republican]

9. are you following me

[kestrel91316]

14. I have no idea how to "follow" anyone on DU. When I see your nonsense I exercise my right to comment

on it.

And you DO stand out as supporting RW viewpoints pretty much all the time. If you don't like being noticed, perhaps you could change that little problem.

[byeya]

18. .Snide with ignorance is not a winning combination. I doubt that you're a "former republican"

[former-republican]

22. another one with his head in the sand

good job

[TheCowsCameHome]

10. So let's do nothing.

Is that it?

[former-republican]

19. There's plenty to do and I have posted in many threads about it.

[TheCowsCameHome]

20. I can think of one thing.........

[former-republican]

23. don't tell , gun confiscation

[TheCowsCameHome]

24. Wrong, but thanks for participating.

Next contestant, please.

[Bonhomme Richard]

12. So this is all about your convenience or....

how much money you have already spent on 30 round magazines.
That is some strange justification.
If one child lived because he had to eat up seconds putting in another magazine then that's alright with me.
Maybe, just maybe if he could only carry 3 mags he would only have had 30 rounds instead of 90 rounds.
Maybe, just maybe the principal could have gotten to him before he put a new mag in after using up a 10 round magazine blasting out the security window.
I'm a gun owner and I have had enough of the bullshit we can't do anything about this.
A very close friend of mine taught four of those kids in preschool last year. I am sick of it. Maybe it need to hit you closer to home. It certainly has hit me.

[morningfog]

29. Does the NRA pay by post?

[jeff47]

34. A second = 6 rounds.

I'll take the trade. Anything that slows down the shooter and provides a limit in the number of rounds he can practically carry.

The point is you should provide a reason to have such a magazine. If it's inconvenient at the range, then the range is free to provide them or store them for you.

[ellisonz]

5. Fuck the NRA and their brood

Scum.

[Marrah_G]

8. Politicians need to stop listening to these lobbies

and start representing the PEOPLE that elected them

A big step towards fixing this country would be to have ONLY public funds used for elections.

That won't happen though, because the very people that would need to make the changes are the ones owned by these organizations and businesses.

[rsweets]

15. kick nt

[Hoyt]

27. DU Gungeoneers cheered its demise., and probably helped get it defeated.

[OneTenthofOnePercent]

28. What if the legislation passed and the shooter used a 29-round magazine?

[morningfog]

30. 20 children dead, blood on the hands of every NRA member.

[aquart]

31. Primary anyone who puts the NRA before America's children.

WOMEN AND CHILDREN MURDERED! Because of the cowards who cower before the NRA.

Wayne LaPierre is the murderer of women and children. He acts in concert with killers. Let the billionaires who love dead Americans fund his sickness. The rest of us must shun him and the horrors he brings us.

The NRA is a terrorist organization.

[RomneyLies]

33. Anybody who opposes this sort of legislation has the blood of innocents on their hands.

End of discussion. They are as guilty as the fucking gunman.

[morningfog]

35. Anyone who is a paying member of the NRA included.