Rep. McCarthy Intros Bill to Ban High-Capacity Ammo Clips

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In the aftermath of the attempted murder of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords earlier this month, lawmakers on Capitol Hill have proposed a cluster of gun control measures ranging from a ban to knowingly carrying a firearm within 1,000 feet of certain high-profile government officials to a proposal to allow members of Congress to carry firearms in the U.S. Capitol.

Rep. Carolyn McCarthy formally introduced her own bill on the House floor Tuesday that would ban high-capacity ammunition clips like the one Jared Loughner used to gun down 19 individuals in the Tucson shooting Jan. 8.

McCarthy, who is regarded as one of the toughest gun-control proponents on Capitol Hill, has dedicated her congressional service to reducing gun violence after a tragic incident in 1993 in which gunman Colin Ferguson unleashed a hail of bullets aboard a packed Long Island Railroad commuter train, and used 15-round magazines to kill six people, including McCarthy’s husband, and injured 19 more, including her son.

[EnigmaticAnomaly]

"Oh, if ONLY the perp wouldn't have had a large "clip" of ammo, maybe our baby would still be alive!" (after the daughter had been shot with 8 out of 13 rounds from a handgun)

The sad thing is that there are FAR too many people who actually BELIEVE that, somehow, a MAGAZINE with ten or fewer rounds is less prone to cause fatality than one with thirteen rounds or more...

These people have no business breeding...

[longtermmemmory]

how about banning bathtubs since more people die in those.

Notice how they hid the (d).

She is a do-gooder busy body who wants to save us from ourselves.

[Svartalfiar]

...ban to knowingly carrying a firearm within 1,000 feet of certain high-profile government officials...

Huh.. too bad I don't pay attention to the news and I have no idea what any Congressman or other Federal official looks like.

[OCCASparky]

Of course, one would have to carry three magazines rather than just two. Idiots. Then again, what do you expect from people who don't know the difference between clips and mags anyway?

THIS IS A CLIP:



THIS IS A MAGAZINE:



Any questions, libtards? If you're going to demonize something, people, at least have a $*#ing clue what you're talking about before spouting off.

[DMG2FUN]

This bill would ban all high cap mags. That means high cap mags made before this bill is passed.

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I predict that this bill will go nowhere fast. I Hope I’m right. That being said, nothing scares voters away from the Democratic party faster than anti-second amendment bills like this. It will not help them to hold onto the Senate in 2012.