Posted on 01/09/2011 10:52:29 PM PST by Sprite518
One of the fiercest gun-control advocates in Congress, Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-N.Y.), pounced on the shooting massacre in Tucson Sunday, promising to introduce legislation as soon as Monday targeting the high-capacity ammunition the gunman used.
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
It's that dangerous kind that they use to kill people with those really dangerous black guns that use clips
And so the “we-need-to-do-something-to-appear-to-be-doing- something” parade begins.
What a surprise! Who could have seen this coming.......< /s >
If you mean being shot in an assassination attempt is "helped greatly" because the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act ("Brady Bill") was passed by the Democrat controlled Congress and signed by Bill Clinton in 1993.
It didn't come under Reagan or even Bush 41.
“high capacity ammunition”, Whew...I’m glad he used a 9mm, means my .45ACP is safe, right?
On a serious note, I’m grateful he didn’t use anything more effective than a 9. Had this maniac been using a pistol chambered in .45 ACP, .40 S&W or others, the Gentlewoman from AZ would not be here. Along with maybe a dozen others.
Thank God it wasn’t worse than it was.
No amount of gun law will undo the violence perpetrated against McCarthy’s husband and son. I remember the incident well.
It’s enough to criticize her judgment - she doesn’t deserve the personal attacks.
I’m just curious, what exactly is high capacity ammunition? Isn’t there anyone fact checking articles these days? That and “clips” for magazines just scream ignorance.
well if they out law high capacity clips for pistols we are all safe because pistols use magazines.
Right off hand, I can not think of any pistol that uses a clip and the only rifle I can think of is the M1 Garand, which uses an 8-rd en bloc clip.
Perhaps there is a FReeper who is a clip expert who can enlighten us.
HUH???? I want some of that high-capacity ammunition!! < /s>
how this mental defective keeps getting elected is beyond me.
There are several Semiautomatic pistols that have this feature.
That being said, this will not deter CRIMINALS, it will only ease their fear, knowing that they are now less likely to be opposed or out gunned by their victims.
They also loaded from the top and held 8 rounds. They were difficult to reload and was one of their weaknesses. The Japanese learned this trick during Banzai charges and used it with limited success. Marines also learned this tactic and staggered their fire accordingly. The 30-06 round was extremely powerful and with Ball Ammo, they were capable of killing 3 enemy soldiers with one round. The Jap’s learned this the hard way during their futile Banzai charges.
The M-1 Garand was designed and built under the specs if Gen. George S. Patton. This is also one of Patton's greatest contributions as to why we won WW 2.
1) Keep n mind this article is written by a ditz reporterette so any correct firearm verbage or firearm facts are irrelevant.
2) Further on in the the article it says;
'McCarthy’s spokesman confirmed the legislation will target the high-capacity ammunition clips.I always note on gun article who the 'reporter' is. 99.956% of the time it's a female. (gotta be a union rule) /sanother idiot ditz, as its Magazine not, 'clip'.
I use 'clips' for my 8mm Mauser(1) but not my 9mm Star Model B(1), or my 9x18 Makarov(1)
(1) I luv 'old' guns from WWII and buy them with my C&R license. All good shooters.
The Mauser was Brand New & covered in cosmoline. That's my 'Main Battle Rifle'.
Right off hand, I can not think of any pistol that uses a clip and the only rifle I can think of is the M1 Garand, which uses an 8-rd en bloc clip. ... Perhaps there is a FReeper who is a clip expert who can enlighten us.
I'm no Clip Expert', but I know a 'little'. I have a C&R license and collect WWII era firearms (and 'some' that are 50 years and older from the 'cold War' era.(1))
But except for the Mauser, SKS and Mosin-Nagant 'clips' are/can be hard to find. Looking for 'Surplus Ammo' is the best bet to get ammo already on 'clips'. But hand loading 5 rounds into the internal magazine isn't that big of a deal. It's like a loading a Remington 700.
(1) The BATF decides which 'old' guns qualify. Some American 'sporting' guns are classified as C&R. And some 'old' Military Firearms that should be, aren't)
I am familiar with “stripper” clips but was thinking of the en-bloc variety. They supply 5.56 Nato with clips you strip in to the magazines. The old battle Mausers and Enfields would toss the clip when you closed the bolt IIRC.
The nice thing about Glocks is you can use Model 17 mags in a shorter Glock like the 19. I have shot the 30 rd mag and it is impossible to load with just a thumb abd is even difficult with snappy loader like the Lula.
The 33 rd mag was made to be issued with the full auto variant of the Glock 17 -the Glock 18 which has lots of Youtube videos of it in action..
The US troops also learned to carry an expended clip to throw down after they had fired 5 rds. The enemy, hearing the distinctive ping of the clip hitting the ground, would get up and charge, thinking the M1 was empty, and thereby get plugged by the clever American.
Never waste an opportunity to exploit a crisis. Especially when you can add tens of millions of dollars to the legislation to replenish the RAT Slush Fund.
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