Posted on 07/23/2012 1:22:58 PM PDT by Starman417
It has occurred to me that once again that the left is engaged in another one of its knee-jerk reactions to a horrific event. In the wake of the Aurora shootings, democrats are calling for more gun control.
Below are just a few examples of the Lefts continuing practice of exploiting mass murder to promote their agenda for eliminating gun ownership. As usual, before the families can even recover the bodies of their dead relatives, the Left starts exploiting the situation in their never-ceasing attempt to circumvent the 2nd Amendment via more restrictive gun control laws, .Only a few hours after a gunman killed 12 people and injured dozens at an Aurora, Colorado midnight premier of the new Batman movie, The Dark Knight Rises, CNN started banging the drums for stronger gun laws .
CNN reported that the slimy opportunist, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, ever the dishonorable, limelight seeking politician was on a New York radio station earlier today using the Colorado shootings to call for tighter gun control laws.
Mayor Michael Nutter of Philadelphia appeared on CNN television today saying that President Obama and Mitt Romney need to address the issue of gun control as soon as possible. The hostess of the CNN program where Mayor Nutter was a guest stated that she couldnt believe that the president and Mr. Romney had commented on the shooting without ever mentioning gun control. It is a silly person that expects Mr. Romney to do anything of the sort.
ABC News began early on pushing the gun control theme.
NBC News and MSNBC didnt wait long to start campaigning for gun control. They also reported on Philadelphia Mayor Nutters comments concerning gun control.
CBS didnt wait long to join the chorus .
Aurora, Colorado already has strict gun control laws:
How will stricter gun laws bring an end to criminals having guns, when the laws against murder have not been able to stop them from killing innocent people?Currently in Aurora, Colorado, where the shooting took place, it is already unlawful to carry a concealed "dangerous weapon," discharge firearms, unless by law enforcement on duty or on shooting range, and have loaded firearm in motor vehicle.
Chicago has strict gun control laws to little effect:
The City of Chicago has some of the most restrictive gun control laws in the nation. Up until a few months ago, it was illegal for a private citizen to own or possess a handgun anywhere within the city, including in ones own home. For 2010, Chicago also holds another distinction. More Chicago Police Officers were killed by gunfire this year than any other police agency in the nation. The city also boasts one of the highest violent crime rates in the country, with 1 in 89 residents being victims of violent crime last year.
Right now shooting violence is out of control in Chicago. At least a dozen people were shot during the July 4th holiday:
(CBS) CHICAGO - The violence continues in Chicago, with a 10-year-old girl among more than a dozen people shot across the city Tuesday night and early Wednesday, reports CBS Chicago.There are conflicting reports of the number of people shot, with CBS Chicago counting 16, and the Chicago Tribune counting 15 in the past 24 hours. The Chicago Police Department told Crimesider they could not provide an exact figure.
The girl and a man were with a group of people cooling off from the heat at an open fire hydrant when they were shot about 11:20 p.m. police News Affairs Officer Hector Alfaro said.
The girl, who was reportedly shot in the left wrist and abdomen, was taken to the hospital in critical condition. The man, 24, was shot in the right heel, police said.
It has been a bloody year for the Windy City so far. On Sunday, the Chicago Tribune reported that homicide was up 37 percent in the first half of 2012, and shootings were up nine percent.
Gun control laws seem to be most ineffective where they are the most strict.
But then I read this:
He was dressed head-to-toe in black bullet-proof gear, including helmet, vest, leggings and a groin and throat protector.
And immediately thought of the North Hollywood shootings:
(Excerpt) Read more at floppingaces.net...
Second, it isn't a 'banana clip' or even a 'banana magazine'. This is a banana magazine.
So is this I guess.
An AR's standard magazine generally will hold 15 to 30 rounds tops. You can purchase a Beta C magazine (drum magazine) that will hold 100 rounds but from the images, that is not what he had. It was a 30 round magazine.
Drum Magazine-
Image from the scene, note the gun in the top right. He didn't have a drum magazine.
ping 41 for a LOL
I think it’s next to impossible to make a reliable 100 round clip for an AR-15. The Army went away from 30 round clips because they do not feed reliably. It takes more spring pressure to load more rounds, Hooks Law and all that. Come up with a simple cheap design that maintains uniform pressure and you will become rich. The twenty round clip works more of less perfectly. Tape two together, bottom to bottom and you can quick switch and then grab another 40 round magazine.
What did he have big pockets? I mean Assault weapons are pretty hard to hide!
I understand he had both a drum mag and a regular magazine.
The drum jammed, he switched to the regular, but could not clear the ham, having never had the oppotunity to get in range time, thanks to a quick-thinking gun club owner.
Well I haven’t heard your theory yet. Were you there? Has the police said what happened yet? Not theories! Pal!
Someone yesterday posted a great comment I've already used with success.Why is it he surrendered to the police without putting up a fight? Could it be because they were armed and he didn't want to get shot?
I’d place my bet on a cheap defective after-market drum mag being the source of the jam.
Hard to say why this nutjob took any of the actions he did. Sufficed to say, he is miserable piece of trash who should be prosecuted quickly and, when found guilty, should be promptly executed.
The 'reason' they are even there is that it is a FIRE CODE regulation. The fact that many customers use it to exit more quickly to the parking lot is why there are no 'alarms' on them. Although I have seen many Emergency Exits which also have a sign proclaiming that they are 'alarmed', the ones I have seen in theaters do not.
But... I don't get around that much. So...I am sure there are some.
These are highly reliable:
http://www.surefire.com/tactical-equipment/high-capacity-magazines/mag5-100.html
Thank you, thank you thank you. The whole clip/magazine thing is one of my pet peeves.
The media thinks everything but a flintlock is an automatic machine gun....
Heh-heh! Great post!
Their 100 rounders are backordered.
60 rounders are available. Personally, I think the
60 mags are a better selection for storage and weight considerations.
Not to quibble about details but that link leads to neither tear gas nor a grenade. It a spray can with a nozzle that locks open and discharges pepper spray. It's almost exactly like an insecticide "bug bomb". A CS grenade is an incendiary device and disperses a gas which is lethal when concentrated in confined spaces. It also can set fire to a structure, reference the WACO massacre. It is a serious piece of military hardware.
The main stream media has built up an unbelievable amount of detail about weapons, ammunition, SWAT gear, explosives, and incendiaries, nearly all of it is speculative and largely bovine excrement. To read the media version of events it would seem that one can order up any number of dangerous military/police munitions just by a GOOGLE search of the net. It is a unvarnished attempt to scare the crap out of the general public and get some momentum behind the ever present gun control agenda forever simmering just below the surface of left wing liberal policy.
The perpetrator of this criminal spree was a miserable poser with delusions of grandeur and was successful largely because the liberal democrats governing Colorado allow local governments to contravene the statewide CCW law thereby creating free-fire zones for criminal mischief. If the CCW law were universally in force I believe we would see a rapid decline in these "ducks in a rain barrel" shoot-em-ups.
Regards,
GtG
There were no drum mags found at the scene or used by this idiot. Every picture I’ve seen of the AR, every picture from the inside of the theater, all of the evidence points to the use of standard 20 round magazines.
My bet’s on garbage milsurp .223 as the reason for the jam.
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