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In reply to the discussion: "There were at least 6 weapons to choose from immediately at hand. The fact that he didn't take [View all]Recursion
(56,582 posts)79. The VA tech shooter used them
I just read that some handguns have clips that can hold 12 or 15 rounds
The magazine is a box with a spring in it; there's no particular limit on how big it can be other than the fact that the bigger it is, the more often it fails. We had magazines that could take 20 rounds when I was in the military but we never put more than 10 in because they would fail too often if they were full. The huge hundred-round drums are notorious for not working.
That is why we need a federal law, similar to what was in effect across the country before George W. became President.
If you mean the '94 ban, that prohibited the new manufacture of them, so that meant that the hundreds of millions of them already out there cost somewhat more. Unlike the ammo itself, the magazine is pretty durable and doesn't get used up when you shoot.
Also, while I would gladly tie George W. Bush to an anthill, not everything is that asshole's fault: he was willing to sign an extension of the AWB if one had passed Congress, but it never did. Which was fine because it didn't do what everybody here seems to think it did.
The magazine is a box with a spring in it; there's no particular limit on how big it can be other than the fact that the bigger it is, the more often it fails. We had magazines that could take 20 rounds when I was in the military but we never put more than 10 in because they would fail too often if they were full. The huge hundred-round drums are notorious for not working.
That is why we need a federal law, similar to what was in effect across the country before George W. became President.
If you mean the '94 ban, that prohibited the new manufacture of them, so that meant that the hundreds of millions of them already out there cost somewhat more. Unlike the ammo itself, the magazine is pretty durable and doesn't get used up when you shoot.
Also, while I would gladly tie George W. Bush to an anthill, not everything is that asshole's fault: he was willing to sign an extension of the AWB if one had passed Congress, but it never did. Which was fine because it didn't do what everybody here seems to think it did.
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"There were at least 6 weapons to choose from immediately at hand. The fact that he didn't take [View all]
Surya Gayatri
Dec 2012
OP
It certainly seems to have compensated for his shitty trigger discipline.
Jester Messiah
Dec 2012
#3
a disturbed person, a gun loving mother, any med side effects? his exposure to todays gun games.
Sunlei
Dec 2012
#159
The people who post gun porn youtube videos aren't the people who shoot up schools and malls
Recursion
Dec 2012
#25
It won't. Only NRA gun-humpers have that idiotic notion. Fucking idiots one and all.
Care Acutely
Dec 2012
#158
No "shooters" prefer the modern grips/stocks because they look/feel more lethal than already lethal
Hoyt
Dec 2012
#34
Lanza grew up with guns as well. Not criticizing that, but it is what needs to be changed.
Hoyt
Dec 2012
#50
Yep, just the old Charles Atlas stuff -- buy this gun and you can stand your ground.
Hoyt
Dec 2012
#97
Yes, people do. The AWB has greater support than a ban on all semi-automatics
Recursion
Dec 2012
#138
Bet that 'rattle-snake rifle' didn't look or function anything like an AR15 or it's imitations.
Surya Gayatri
Dec 2012
#40
Quite right: CT should have far tougher restrictions than it currently does
alcibiades_mystery
Dec 2012
#19
It's not that assault weapons bans are watered down, it's that they're just silly
Recursion
Dec 2012
#24
"Boosting their egos"? Really? You think that not wanting to see murdered kids is about ego?
Ikonoklast
Dec 2012
#87
Ban one type of high-capacity firearm, and if there is another type available, that type will take
Ikonoklast
Dec 2012
#112
You do know CT has an assault weapons ban, right? And that the Bushmaster was legal under it?
Recursion
Dec 2012
#68
We seem to have reached a tipping point of equating "assault weapon" with "semi-automatic"
Recursion
Dec 2012
#56
Excellent point...and start by bringing the 2nd Amendment into the 21st Century!.
Surya Gayatri
Dec 2012
#49
I'd have to look at the actual bolt to know for sure, but nothing you can see would affect...
Recursion
Dec 2012
#90
Right. As a political matter we were capable of banning the black ones back in 94
Recursion
Dec 2012
#98
Your post is a good example of the kind of distraction and intimidation I'm talking about.
yardwork
Dec 2012
#106
Dude, I've been talking about banning semi-automatic weapons with detachable magazines
Recursion
Dec 2012
#157
Same goes for gun porn: "I can't talk in detail about it, but I know it when I see it."
Surya Gayatri
Dec 2012
#124
Please post his response if you receive one. I will be interested to hear what he says.
yardwork
Dec 2012
#140
A person shall be put to death quickly if convicted of a crime while in possession of a firearm.
MrYikes
Dec 2012
#63
How absurd. Your ridiculous threat means nothing to a man intent on suicide, as most rampage
Dems to Win
Dec 2012
#152
Mass-marketing this lethal crap to the deranged gun humpers is Wal-Mart's retail wet-dream...
Surya Gayatri
Dec 2012
#83
With more and more folks walking around with a handgun strapped to their bodies, they need to be
Hoyt
Dec 2012
#99
Fine, take a thorough inventory of the nasty netherworld of lethal firepower
Surya Gayatri
Dec 2012
#133
WTH, were they all just laying out on the coffee table for him to look over
kestrel91316
Dec 2012
#153