Posted on 01/18/2011 4:01:18 PM PST by DarthVader
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.
“I know what it’s like to have tragedy brought to your life in a split second by a madman with high-capacity ammunition magazines,” McCarthy said. “I’m working to stop it from happening again. We need comprehensive reform to reduce the number of people hurt or killed by gunfire in America, but one simple way we can do that is by keeping the worst tools of mass murder away from the general public. This nation has come together before to support this simple, commonsense measure, and it is the law in several states right now. It is a small sacrifice that law-abiding gun owners can make once again in order to increase everyone’s safety.”
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As long as they don't mess with our Hi-Cap magazines they can have all the Hi-Cap clips they can find.
Wouldn’t it make more sense ot ban Jamaicans who hate Americans? McCarthy loves illegal aliens but hates guns. For her, the gun shot her husband and son.
Rats! Just when the price of good quality mags was becoming reasonable again.
A pair of muzzle loading cap and ball revolvers could still give someone 12 deadly rounds to fire.
"..On December 7, 1993, her husband, Dennis, was killed and her son, Kevin, severely injured, on a Long Island Rail Road commuter train at the Merillon Avenue station, when a mass murderer, Colin Ferguson, opened fire on random unarmed passengers.[4] Ferguson killed six and wounded 19 others.[5] McCarthy responded to the crime by launching a campaign for additional gun control that eventually propelled her to Congress in 1996 on the Democratic ticket..."
McCarthy is just doing what got her elected. In this case it could have been worse if extended magazines were not involved. I have heard it reported the magazine spring failed in the second magazine and it was also an extended magazine.
Arizona Rampage Could Have Been 'Catastrophe' if Gunman Had Been Able to Reload
".."fortunately the spring and the magazine failed" and two other civilians were able to get the weapon away from him and subdue him until the police came, Dupnik said.
Each magazine contained 31 bullets, Dupnik said,.."
If the shooter used two regular magazines that worked he would have had more shots.
Carolyn the communist vulture who has made a congressional career standing on her husband’s grave. Guess she isn’t done picking through the carcass yet....
Could someone introduce a bill to ban this lunatic witch?
Her husband was killed by a lunatic black man who hated white people.
Maybe we should ban lunatic black men who hate white people.
What the hell, Joe Biden has plenty of time on his hands anyway....
The dumbass senator has her finger on the trigger!! She has no clue!!
Exactly.
Every time some moronic nut does something horrible with a firearm the dems first response is to take away the rights of all the law abiders who are perfectly normal mentally.
That’s also lunatic thinking!
Great and funny graphic, I’m stealing it from you. I mean if it’s OK??
Alright, I’ll just borrow it.
Just because she is emotionally damaged by the death of her husband by a deranged racist creep, doesn’t trump the 2nd Amendment. Leave my guns alone, you demented hag LIB. (How’s that for a “new tone”?)
I shot a brand new Winchester 12 gauge over the Thanksgiving holiday, I had not shot a gun in 31 years. from 40 yards, I shot 3 rounds...One was left by 4 inches, one was high by 3 inches, the third was 1/2 inch from Bulls Eye. I am one heck of a shot....
Maybe we should ban small capacity brain cells.
Yep, bought two of them yesterday in the 9mm.
Looking for the after market .45 25 round mag but they’ve been discontinued.
Five seconds? You are slow as molasses.
When I used to compete in IDPA and IPSC, I could reload in 2 seconds. And I was one of the slower shooters.
dear reporter, your ignorance is showing. It’s magazine, not clips.
Yep, I’m slow. And less than 5 seconds in real time is pretty fast it’s:
1
2
3
4 bang
and you’re fast, so
1
2 bang
In either case, it’s not much time
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