They think those big clips kill?

[doctorjj]

The case to keep them is that banning them is an exercise in futility. I'm not keen on spending time, effort or my tax dollars on something that won't make a bit of difference. It would work just about as well as Prohibition did.

And for the record, I don't own any of those "clips" nor do I ever plan to own any. Unless they repeal the NFA and I can buy a Glock 18.....

 

[WhiteyMacD]

OMG you called them clips, which they so arent. Lets like wait and see how many people come in expressing their peeve with the term clip.

 

[Steve]

what did they do 100 years ago, after found guilty of murder or even horse thievery in a court of law, these people were hung in the public square......i'm not saying this is the way to go but it sure might make a few of these folks take a more civilized approach when trying to decide whether to break the law or not. we have become a soft society, someone or something else is always to blame for our actions....ie the clip the guns etc. rediculous

 

[Bootleggn]

How many people would have died from friendly fire coming from 40 well meaning citizens?

You missed this phrase the first go around ---> properly trained

 

[WhiteyMacD]

You missed this phrase the first go around ---> properly trained

Based on some of the CCLs I have seen out and about at the range, I am going to say very few are "properly trained".

I am by no means anti-gun. but there are a lot of idiots carrying them.

 

[Steve]

Based on some of the CCLs I have seen out and about at the range, I am going to say very few are "properly trained".

I am by no means anti-gun. but there are a lot of idiots carrying them.

this. i was shocked at bullet placement by most of these folks at 7 yards in my class. many of the shots wouldn't have stayed in the torso as they were so far outside center mass.

 

[Shoot Summ]

what did they do 100 years ago, after found guilty of murder or even horse thievery in a court of law, these people were hung in the public square......i'm not saying this is the way to go but it sure might make a few of these folks take a more civilized approach when trying to decide whether to break the law or not. we have become a soft society, someone or something else is always to blame for our actions....ie the clip the guns etc. rediculous

I agree that in the current system the punishment doesn't fit the crime. It makes it harder to bring harsher punishment though when you have highly publicized cases of people that were wrongly imprisoned now cleared by DNA, or LE corruption issues with folks convicted like Tulsa has(not picking on Tulsa LE, just using it as an example).

I personally think the Tucson shooter should have been tried, convicted, and sentenced at the scene, in front of cameras for all of the other wannabes to see and understand....

 

[Shoot Summ]

Based on some of the CCLs I have seen out and about at the range, I am going to say very few are "properly trained".

I am by no means anti-gun. but there are a lot of idiots carrying them.

This....

 

[Shootin 4 Fun]

Wow! I sure pissed of the Dirty Harry fan club this morning.

How about 40 of you stand in a 20 ft circle and fire at a target in the center? Don't be afraid, you're all properly trained. To add a little reality to the exercise we'll have 100 screaming and crying people running in all directions including through the circle.

 

[Gunrunner45]

Nobody in the media wants to address the truth because it doesn't serve their cause.

The truth is that it is almost impossible to stop someone from killing who has no regard for their own life. If someone wants to kill and is willing to die in the process there is nothing you can do to stop them. Banning guns, magazines or ammo will never change that.

It had nothing to do with the gun or a magazine or any other instrument he chose to carry out his execution with. The sad fact is if it wasn't a gun it would have been a knife or a bomb or whatever. If he wanted to kill people and was prepared to die in the process then there is not much anyone can really do about it. Why do you think suicide bombers are so effective?