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Kaleva

(36,294 posts) Fri Jun 6, 2014, 12:19 AM Jun 2014

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Seattle shooter didn't have a gun with high capacity magazines

"A lone gunman armed with a shotgun opened fire Thursday in a building at a small Seattle university, fatally wounding one person before a student subdued him with pepper spray as he tried to reload, Seattle police said."

http://apnews.excite.com/article/20140606/us-seattle-campus-shooting-59b47a35a8.html

While he did kill one person and wounded two others, it's a very real possibility he could have done much more.

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Seattle shooter didn't have a gun with high capacity magazines (Original Post) Kaleva Jun 2014 OP

Hi capacity mags do damage for a lot longer, but a shotgun with the plug removed napi21 Jun 2014 #1

One can buy shotguns that can accept 20 round detachable magazines. Kaleva Jun 2014 #2

Applause for student who didn't need a gun to subdue shooter. Hoyt Jun 2014 #3

Agreed defacto7 Jun 2014 #4

Obviously the only thing that can stop a bad guy with a gun ... intaglio Jun 2014 #5

Magazine capacity can make all the difference. Paladin Jun 2014 #6

napi21

(45,806 posts)

1. Hi capacity mags do damage for a lot longer, but a shotgun with the plug removed

Reply to Kaleva (Original post)

Fri Jun 6, 2014, 12:22 AM

Jun 2014

can do a hell of a lot of damage, especially if loaded with 00.

Kaleva

(36,294 posts)

2. One can buy shotguns that can accept 20 round detachable magazines.

Reply to napi21 (Reply #1)

Fri Jun 6, 2014, 12:26 AM

Jun 2014

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)

3. Applause for student who didn't need a gun to subdue shooter.

Reply to Kaleva (Original post)

Fri Jun 6, 2014, 12:48 AM

Jun 2014

defacto7

(13,485 posts)

4. Agreed

Reply to Hoyt (Reply #3)

Fri Jun 6, 2014, 01:10 AM

Jun 2014

Just pepper spray and some real bravery, not gun style cowardice.

intaglio

(8,170 posts)

5. Obviously the only thing that can stop a bad guy with a gun ...

Reply to Kaleva (Original post)

Fri Jun 6, 2014, 04:34 AM

Jun 2014

is a good student with pepper spray.

BTW what are the odds that the student with the pepper spray was female?

Paladin

(28,254 posts)

6. Magazine capacity can make all the difference.

Reply to Kaleva (Original post)

Fri Jun 6, 2014, 10:24 AM

Jun 2014

Don't let any Gun Enthusiasts persuade you otherwise.

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