Forgive my ignorance on guns - but could you tell us how 2 - 9mm handguns would work in this case. How many shots can each gun fire - did he have to reload a few times - is that something that is really easy to do? Thanks for any reply.
Each gun would hold 15 or 17.....and he would have other magazines ready after he emptied the first ones.
Probably had a 15 round clip for each one .... that and a few spare magazines each .... he could have killed a lot more.
Most 9mm semi automatics now have about 16 round magazines. It would take a take a good shooter less than 16 seconds to empty 16 rounds. (ie you can shoot as fast as it takes you to aim and pull the trigger). It takes about 2 seconds to eject and replace an empty magazine. Thus he probably came with a half dozen or more full magazines. Drop the empties, replace, and continue to fire.
May God have mercy on the victims.
“9mm” usually implies that the weapon is a semiautomatic (i.e., self-loader, as opposed to a revolver) pistol. That means a detachable magazine capacity of at least 10 rounds (’bullets’). Common sizes are 10, 12, 15, 17, and 19; the largest commonly available are 30. Larger capacity magazines are generally not available due to technical issues with reliability and bulk.
A weapon with a detachable magazine means that it can be reloaded in a few seconds or less - simply push the magazine release button, the magazine drops out, and slam a new one home. Some guns can then immediately begin firing again, others you have to actuate the slide (pull the top half of the gun back and then release it) to load the top round. Reloading does take the use of both hands. Either way, a reload, while physically easy to do (even on a revolver) provides a few seconds in which someone could charge the gunman and take him down.