If he only had 5 shots instead of 30 . . .

His mag held 33 rounds. Plus one in the chamber is 34 rounds. The FBI said that he fired 31 rounds. He still had three. Among gunners it is well known that extreme hi-capacity magazines are prone to failure-to-feed malfunctions. The follower spring is not able to maintain pressure on the ammunition over its range of travel. His mag jammed and he was trying to clear the jam which gave others the chance to jump him.

The Batman movie killer's super sized mag also jammed.

The Luby's killer, and the VT killer used standard magazines and reloaded, with no jams.

under ideal conditions, stress, adrenaline and other factors make it harder to accomplish such a feat. reading other responses, it seems like people want higher capacity magazines because they are more prone to jamming. if they had to reload 5 times before firing 30 rounds, there are a lot more opportunies for something to go wrong, and they can't carry as many rounds on them.

That kind of practice is easy to do and in a couple of days you can work up a decent speed. You won't be able to compete with the guy in the video, but you can get the time to under one second. Even without practice it doesn't take more than three seconds. Carrying spare loaded mags isn't a big problem. The VT killer reloaded 17 times. The Ft. Hood killer reloaded several times. So did the Luby's killer.

Personally, I don't have any extended mags. I do have a pistol whose magazine takes 12 rounds, and I am going to buy a GLOCK 21 (.45 caliber) which uses a 12 round mag. I tried one of those magazines that stick out the bottom of the pistol and I didn't like it. The weight of the extra ammo changed the balance of the gun thereby changing the feel of the gun in the hand.

that it will expend political capital and and energize the Republican base for a feel good law that won't work, thus making fools out of the legislators that support it. It's hard to get reelected when you do stuff like that.

some didn't, if the ones that had larger mags didn't have access to them, then those killings wouldn't have happened.

...then killers would not buy multiple smaller mags instead? And then they would be shooting with more reliable mags. With just a little practice and they could be doing reloads in less than two seconds. Your plan forces the killer to buy more reliable equipment. Wouldn't it be better if he used stuff that was less reliable?

he stole it, as did a couple others. And yes, I would like the stuff that is out there to be more reliable for everyone, and for people who are into that sort of thing to have to put thought into it, and maybe "training to reload really fast" should be a warning sign to look for. More reloads means more chances for something to go wrong. You're arguing with a hypothetical anyways, what it it doesn't jam at all? this is something that we could go rounds on all day, so we have to pair it down to what is safest for everyone.

You live in the capital city of Texas, and there are over 525K CHLers as of 12/31/2011. Every time that you are out and obout in the general public you probably pass by someone with a legally concealed handgun. Travis County, where you claim to live, has over 4K CHLers. Don't go to San Antonio, they have over 22K.

You never know when you may be walking past one of us.

if maniacs had to use smaller magazines, then the "good guys" with guns will have more chances to 'stop' him....and of course, the 'pro gun' side right now is all concerned with actually stopping bad guys with guns.


Right?

The body coult will be less, on the whole, if we get rid of high-capacity magazines.

Of course, it does make a difference, otherwise we wouldn't have high capacity clips. Lower capacity clips means more opportunities to get away. Seconds can make a difference.

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that's the best you could come up with on a Friday of all days? LOL

I know it may be an uphill battle but if people on this side of the issue won't stick to their principles and make some serious demands for change than of course nothing will change.

Let's go. Get the show on the road. Ban those loaded magazines now.

why shoot a 9mm 10 shot mag when
a 45 ACP 10 shot mag is also available.

why shoot .223 when a .30 cal is
just a barrel-and-mag change away?

Congress persons due this all the time, introduce a bill, knowing it was never get out of committee, but they can then go back home and tell people they "tried" to get the bill passed. It is political show and tell, the key is getting enough co-sponsors so it can at least get out of Committee. That takes work, and just introducing a bill is NOT the same as getting it through the House.

Here is a copy of an earlier e-mail I sent to him which I posted in GC/RKBA:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/117293954

So, you know, it won't actually do anything except deliver more of the devices into the hands of the very people who shouldn't have them, sooner.

But someone is getting rich off of it in the meantime, so I guess we shouldn't complain.

Sometimes, to take a step in the right direction, you have to frighten and arm a couple hundred thousand lunatics while delivering record profits to your opponents.

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I'm amazed that this stuff is allowed to be sold on the Internet at ANY website! Have already alerted ATF and hopefully, they'll locate the seller and deal with him. And of course, hopefully, I've saved lots of lives by turning this guy in. I start every day by flagging firearm and ammunition ads on Craigslist. It's my first good deed of the day!

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He supports banning such magazines. He is just better informed than you of what isn't illegal. If there is no law against it, then it is legal. It is up to you to find a law outlawing such mags.

and I would never use one as they are too heavy and jam. but they look scary. I have no problem banning them but I doubt it will do much.

He is selling the magazine, not the gun. Such magazines are unreliable as they are prone to jam. There is a reason why the military doesn't use them. They are junk.

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Video #2: At that distance all the shots should hit in one large ragged hole. Instead they are scattered all over the paper, few in the bull, and some that completely missed the paper. Slower speed, better aim, is far more deadly.

Video #5: They don't show how he did, but his technique was good, and he had an optical sight, nicknamed a "red dot" sight. His shots probably chewed a single hole in the target. Not as fast, but far more deadly.

Heavy, unreliable, and most importantly ripping off 100 rounds at a rapid pace through any gun is going to eliminate any accuracy at all as well as degrading if not severely damaging the barrel, all from the heat buildup...there's a reason "true" machine guns have quick-change barrels. Yes, I could fit my rifle with one given a dremel and two minutes' work, but 100 loaded rounds of 308 weigh...lots, and I don't want to burn out a precision German target barrel any sooner than need be.

edit - the ATF isn't going to "deal with" this guy, he's not doing anything illegal whatsoever. Alerting CL is fine, since it's a violation of their TOS, but please don't waste the ATF's resources with frivolous, unnecessary claims.

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I'm genuinely interested...what do you feel the ATF should do in this case? The product in question, the firearm it is attached to, and the transaction offered are LEGAL - not unlawful in any way. The ATF can do NOTHING, your repeated alerting of them regardless. Just because you're horrified that this product exists doesn't mean you can summon a gov't entity to do your wishes. Mind you, I wouldn't ever associate with this chump; I'm also not worried about his poor self being persecuted (since, again, he is not doing anything illegal).

I do think you mean well in your own way; my worry is the ATF tiplines being overwhelmed with misinformed "reporting" in the current climate drowning out legitimate concerns of yahoos with illegal homebrew silencers, machine guns, bombs, annd genuinely illegal crap that needs enforcement.

I haven't had a full magazine since 1993 but I can still reload in less than five seconds.

Remember back when Michael Bloomberg banned big sodas, and we all decided the way to get around it was buying two smaller ones? Same deal here - if you can't get a 50 round mag you'll just take two 30s.

My precision rifle has available up to 30 round magazines; I do own several standard-size 20 round ones (.308 is larger so the "normal" mag size is smaller) but I never fire more than 5 rounds in a string, and have several 5 round mags for hunting. When I carry, I have a 1911 that takes 8 rounds. A limit of 10 wouldn't interfere with any of my shooting activities in any way. It's a compromise I'm willing to make, along with others...but I do worry that passing this might embolden control advocates to try for measures I wouldn't support.