turtledude
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And him reloading saved lives. Do you have some link that would lead me to believe otherwise?
Loughner had already reloaded his Pistol when he was tackledGreenwald National Law Enforcement Leaders Have Supported High-Capacity Magazine Ban to Reduce Gun Violence Assemblyman Lou Greenwald
The fewer the bullets, the more often the shooter has to stop firing, eject the empty cartridge and load another one.
During the Tucson, Ariz., attack on Rep. Gabby Giffords, gunman Jared Loughner was wrestled down when he stopped shooting to reload his 9-millimeter pistol.
"We've also seen this in Baltimore County, in a school shooting that we had, where the reload became very instrumental in allowing the teacher to actually tackle a student that was trying to reload a double-barreled shotgun," he said . . .
"High-capacity ammunition magazines were designed as weapons of war," Bratton says.
"They were designed to kill as many people as possible in the shortest period of time . . . They simply do not belong in untrained civilian hands."
"There is no reason that a peaceful society based on rule of law needs its citizenry armed with 30-round magazines," Police Chief Charlie Beck said at a news conference, adding that they transform a gun "into a weapon of mass death rather than a home-protection-type device."
"It turns a killer into a killing machine," says David Chipman, who served for 25 years as a special agent in the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives. Outlawing high-capacity magazines won't prevent gun crimes from happening, Chipman notes, but might well reduce the carnage: "Maybe 3 kids get killed instead of 20."
MILLER The high-capacity magazine myth - Washington Times
Studies prove that the arbitrary magazine capacity restriction that was in place for a decade did not reduce crime,” Lawrence Keane, the National Shooting Sports Foundation’s senior vice president and general counsel, told The Washington Times. “In searching for effective means to reduce violence, we should not repeat failed policies, especially when they infringe on the constitutional rights of the law-abiding.”
Violent crime has decreased 17 percent since the assault weapons ban expired.
In the latest incarnation of Mrs. Feinstein’s ban, we would see the return of an ammunition limit that had no proven impact on crime while it was in effect from 1994-2004. The proposal outlaws all ammunition feeding devices — magazines, strips and drums — capable of accepting more than 10 rounds.
http://www.utdallas.edu/~tvk071000/Banning Large Capacity Magazines Will Not Reduce Crime.pdf
And there is strong empirical evidence showing that the use of guns for self-protection is both frequent and effective. Making LCM’s unavailable for self-defense can therefore cost lives, and this cost must be taken into account when considering the possible benefit of limiting on magazine capacity that could save lives in only the rarest of crimes.
Bratton is a hack with no credibility. Why are civilian cops using "weapons of war" Any cop who thinks other civilians should not have the same weapons those cops have should be stripped of his badge and gun.
you have three anti gun hacks who want other civilians to have less rounds than they have
people like that are not fit for public office. 95% of the street officers polled during the clinton administration opposed the "assault weapon ban"
Reno suppressed the report since it didn't show what she hoped it would. I saw it because the US Attorney in my district had a copy of it and I was able to read it
that is not true
why do you support laws that are least likely to impact criminals and most likely to disarm good people?
again, if crime is not bad enough to justify good citizens having the same defensive weapons as police, then crime is not bad enough for assholes and morons demanding more restrictive laws be passed that restrict honest citizens.