An M1A magazine. An example spring is shown. Note the "lips" and "follower" visible at the top.
The M1 Garand "clip". Notice the absence of a spring or follower.
A stripper clip
A stripper clip in use to load a fixed magazine of an SKS rifle.
Posted on 04/03/2009 3:06:49 PM PDT by neverdem
More illegal alien crime and the joys of open borders.
Not to make light of a tragic situation... but,
In addition to the usual suspects ranting over banning all gun ownership, I can see the bleeding-heart Libs will now clamber that all businesses must have permanent car barriers built around all rear exit doors. Can’t have some “gun-nut” parking his car or truck against the back door and then going in the front door and killing everyone, ya’ know...
After they charge the tax payers 75 million for cataloging, investigating, finger printing, performing back ground investigations on the suspect, back till he was 5 years old, conducting computerized scene investigations, DNA, autopsy's, obtain experts to testify, completing 10,000 page investigative reports.....Only then will the alphabet agencies recommend that the stupid American tax payer be stripped of their 2nd amendment rights, and be monitored and controlled much more closely.
I understand exactly what you’re saying. The thing is, the majority of Hmong, and Vietnamese I’ve known weren’t like that. The ones I’ve known at least were very hard-working, honest, and good people. Not that there aren’t “bad apples” in every group. And, many of those I’ve known I didn’t know well enough to know their exact financial situation. I do know a lot of people up here in Northern Wisconsin are not happy with the amount of Hmong we have here on public assistance — our older generation especially blames them for the small amount of welfare type funds available to THEM! (Crazy, eh? Some of them have literally said things like, my check would be bigger if it weren’t for all of them....) It’s nuts...
The illegal alien Mexicans I’ve run across when I was living in West Denver though — COMPLETELY and TOTALLY understand and agree!
To tell you the truth though - I’ve personally known more “white” U.S. citizens in my life over the years who were defrauding our welfare system and such than any other group (besides the Mexican Illegals I mentioned above). That could also be due to the fact that I grew up and have lived in mostly “white” suburban areas though — again, except for the 3 years living in West Denver.
The guy was a U.S. citizen and had lived here for 28 years according to his family... Just saying. We’re not dealing with an “Illegal” in this instance.
I’m just glad that the shooter wasn’t a white guy.
The libs will probably figure a way to blame white guys anyway.
White guy fired him from his job?
White guy sold him the gun.
White guy didn’t duck when Linh shot at him?
I always thought ‘automatic’ when the term is used with semi automatic firing pistols referred to the loading function, as in ‘automatic loading’, not the firing function, as in ‘automatic firing’. so a 1911 .45acp or a beretta 92fs 9mm (both magazine fed) for just two examples, are indeed truly automatics, or at least that Is the way I understood it.
An M1A magazine. An example spring is shown. Note the "lips" and "follower" visible at the top.
The M1 Garand "clip". Notice the absence of a spring or follower.
A stripper clip
A stripper clip in use to load a fixed magazine of an SKS rifle.
EXCUSE ME??? PUNISH HIS FAMILY MEMBERS??? SERIOUSLY? And, you’re worried about a POLICE STATE? Yeah, that would go a LONG WAY to prevent one, now wouldn’t it? Forget the fact that this was a U.S. Citizen that has been here for 28 years!
I’m just as “anti-Illegal” as probably some of the most vocal here, but what you are suggesting will NOT stop this problem! Again, this guy was a U.S. CITIZEN — and so presumably are many of his family members you want to now punish for this guy going mental...
If you end up killing someone someday for some crazy reason, do you want YOUR FAMILY to be jailed because of it? Because THAT is what you just suggested...
WOW! Thank you so much for taking the time to put that together. I understood the text explanation, but the graphics make it VERY easy! I’ll never be confused again myself (unless I’m trying to read some idiot reporter’s article! LOL). How easy it would be if these reporters spent even HALF an HOUR with visual aids to educate them...
Exactly... My eyes opened that day — it was like taking a “red pill” when I saw the “official story” change right before my eyes in a matter of moments. A very surreal, very sad, sad day it was for many reasons — not the least of which was the loss of many innocent beautiful people. It changed my life, and I was hundreds of miles away...
Just ran across your text explanation to me! (I had read Raimus’ before and that’s what I was referring to). Now I KNOW I’ll never be confused again! LOL Thanks again for the education. I do appreciate it. :)
My Springfield XD hold 13 rounds of .45 plus one in the chamber. I don’t consider that high-capacity, but the idiots that write this tripe do.
Thank God a brave cop arrived at the Nursing Home shooting scene before a SWAT team arrived.
Thx for the ping.
Health and wholeness to you!
Understood — to me personally — and maybe this is off-the-mark, but when I think “High Capacity” I think Machine Guns and the like... Less than 15 rounds doesn’t seem “high capacity” in my mind. But like you said, these idiots do... Heck, I’ll bet anything that holds bigger than a 6-shot revolver (and who really carries those anymore?) is “high capacity” in their minds...
Is this a HOAX? Why didn’t anyone SHOOT BACK?
Thanks! Feeling tons better after that nap — my neck was out of place, and really bugging me, and that on top of the flu/cold/whatever I have was a bad combination! YUCK!
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