*** 10-round magazine limit argument ***

[tulsamal]

The military deployed to foreign soil is a totally different argument.

But the tradition in the US (before SWAT) was that the police were armed with the same weapons available to civilians. If the police are wearing body armor and carrying automatic weapons and riding around in armored vehicles, are they still police or are they in fact military units deployed on American soil?

So yes, I think the rules that apply to the civilian world in general should apply to the weapons the police can carry.

Gregg

 

[mister_murphy]

Deleted...No sense arguing....

 

[DaisyCutter]

And what happens the other 99% of the time when the sworn entities AREN'T able to confront the evil and must wait until it actually does something?

Where were all the sworn entities when the evil came to Sandy HooK?

You believe limiting the firepower of civilians is Ok because evil attacking citizens isn't allowed to carry AR15's or AK47's?

How do you interpret my statements, quoted below?

I'm in favor of having no ban. I wasn't a police officer during the last ban, and I had to deal with reduced capacity mags myself. I'm absolutely sensitive to the feelings here.

The issue here is to maintain the rights for EVERYONE.

:banghead:

I'm smart enough to understand that one user's responses aren't indicative of the rest of the forum.

I'm going to try my best to help, and I'm still going to operate on the presumption that most people are intelligent enough to receive it.

 

[BjornF16]

From the report on Virginia Tech shooting (Cho used 15 rd G19 and 10 round P22 magazines):

‎"The panel also considered whether the previous federal Assault Weapons Act of 1994 that banned 15-round magazines would have made a differ- ence in the April 16 incidents. The law lapsed after 10 years, in October 2004, and had banned clips or magazines with over 10 rounds. The panel concluded that 10-round magazines that were legal would have not made much difference in the incident. Even pistols with rapid loaders could have been about as deadly in this situation."

http://www.governor.virginia.gov/te...R VI GUN PURCHASE AND CAMPUS GUN POLICIES.pdf

No surprises here (other than their honesty in evaluating the tragedy).

 

[otasan56]

I think that you are looking at this backwards. 10 round magazines, flash hiders, collapsible stocks, these all make little to no difference to the functionality/lethality of a firearm, and the politicians know that. But they have to be seen as doing something. So these bans go into place. whether they are effective in stopping the tragic deaths of innocents or not, the politicians have done their part to get re-elected.

This is a very accurate statement of the facts.