The stupidity of "magazine control"

I, even I, a thoroughly cynical individual who is never surprised by anything stupid done by human beings, am ASTOUNDED by the right wing paranoia and bullshit over this gun control issue.

Melinda? Sorry Melinda. You’ve shot the first thug … he’s down. But now his buddies are there and you’re out of bullets. Time to reload? Hardly. It’s time to beg for mercy. Maybe you can throw yourself in front of your kids in an attempt to save their lives. Wouldn’t that Glock with the double-stack magazine come in handy right now? Sorry … Dear Ruler made that illegal.

Well, Melinda … looks like it sucks to be you. Maybe the thugs will show you and your children some mercy. Obama certainly didn’t. The left certainly didn’t. They moved to disarm you. You obeyed the law. The thugs didn’t.

In the real world grizzlies don't run around in groups of 20.

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Melinda? Sorry Melinda. You’ve shot the first thug … he’s down. But now his buddies are there and you’re out of bullets. Time to reload? Hardly. It’s time to beg for mercy. Maybe you can throw yourself in front of your kids in an attempt to save their lives. Wouldn’t that Glock with the double-stack magazine come in handy right now? Sorry … Dear Ruler made that illegal.

Well, Melinda … looks like it sucks to be you. Maybe the thugs will show you and your children some mercy. Obama certainly didn’t. The left certainly didn’t. They moved to disarm you. You obeyed the law. The thugs didn’t.

I'm expecting a huge step up in power if a 10 round limit passes. Home defense will likely be done with deer hunting rounds.

When you go about trying to violate people's civil rights, you should expect strenuous objections from those who defend civil rights.

If a law is passed limiting magazine sizes, it should result in a quite profitable black market in high-capacity magazines.

oralloy wrote:

If a law is passed limiting magazine sizes, it should result in a quite profitable black market in high-capacity magazines.

Such a black market would create criminals of the people buying and selling those magazines. Are you all for enforcing the laws oralloy? Would you support charging all those persons with felonies? Would you then also support the law that states no felon can own or possess a gun?

Wolves attack in packs, and so do humans.

I'm not sure that wolves have the same reputation for attacking people that black bears have

You are 12 times more likely to die of a bee sting than a bear attack (120 times more likely compared to a black bear)

You are 10 times more likely to die from a dog attack than a bear attack (45 times more likely compared to a black bear attack)

oralloy wrote:

If a law is passed limiting magazine sizes, it should result in a quite profitable black market in high-capacity magazines.

Such a black market would create criminals of the people buying and selling those magazines. Are you all for enforcing the laws oralloy? Would you support charging all those persons with felonies?

oralloy wrote:

I'm not sure that wolves have the same reputation for attacking people that black bears have

Black bears have a reputation for attacking people?

No wonder you need a gun. You are paranoid about everything.

parados wrote:

oralloy wrote:

I'm not sure that wolves have the same reputation for attacking people that black bears have

Black bears have a reputation for attacking people?

Yes.

With a brown/grizzly/kodiak, most attacks are where you surprise a bear and they react in instinctive defense, the bear not knowing if you are a threat to it. The only times they attack humans to eat them are when the bear is unable to hunt and is starving to death (though that does happen sometimes).

Black bears are different. As far as a healthy black bear is concerned, humans are "on the menu".

Luckily that is offset by the fact that most black bears are not nearly as big as the browns. But still, if a hungry black bear decides to have you for lunch, you better be prepared to fight.

parados wrote:

No wonder you need a gun. You are paranoid about everything.

No. I just acknowledge reality.

"Need" is irrelevant. Remember, I'm an American.

In the Clinton administration, that had a distinct impact on the popularity of the .45 ACP

No. I would wish godspeed to any brave heroes who kept our nation supplied with large magazines.

Luckily that is offset by the fact that most black bears are not nearly as big as the browns. But still, if a hungry black bear decides to have you for lunch, you better be prepared to fight.