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This country was BUILT on bullets, to ad lib a line from a movie.
Funny thing how most mass shootings occur in gun free zones. It's quite obvious that those areas are intentionally sought out by mass shooters because they KNOW people will be unarmed and unable to defend themselves against the rampage.
Thats just comical beyond words. You offer this completely moronic concept that "if there were a magical law, would you support it" and when people recognize your completely moronic pose for what it is, you retort "hah...you want to kill 25-50 poor babies"....which confirms the postulate.... 25-50 deaths per year from public shootings are acceptable collateral casualties of unfettered gun rights.
I think you are making alot of assumptions.
Then leave your little ones as fish in a barrell for the next crazy person. I wonder how stressed the Newtown kids looking down the barrell of a gun?Any time someone voices an opinion, there are assumptions. Duh. It's not like there is a study being done that polls parents across a 3.1 million square mile country to see if they feel their kids will be stressed by paramilitary in every school. I have six kids and know a lot of other parents. I do not think it's unreasonable to suspect a fairly substantial amount of parents will not be cool with National Guardsmen in their schools armed with M4 rifles and M11 sidearms.
By reading what you have posted here, I feel you have issue with regular citizens owning certain firearms and magazines. That to me is anti gun.
All I said was a duty officer now a days may carry as much as 52 rounds plus back up, and that an average citizen should have the same level of protection if he so chooses. You are the one that went off the deep end from there about taking over DC repelling invasions machine guns and all the other extremes.
Then leave your little ones as fish in a barrell for the next crazy person. I wonder how stressed the Newtown kids looking down the barrell of a gun?
you know that is great you can do it. I was a pro level Pin and USPSA shooter. I shot at USPSA nationals, major pin tournaments etc. I have 3000 dollar race guns (Currently shooting a CZ Chechmate-back in the 90s I shot for EAA (similar to the pistol Eric Graufel won 5 world IPSC titles with) in open and a Fred Craig Para 1911 in limited. Before that, a Wilson LE Accu-Comp. And yes people have pictures of me shooting where the empty magazine has yet to hit the ground nor the last shells from that magazine while I am firing with the new magazine. But I trained all the time which is why i had national class times in speed events. And guess what, I shoot in a league ever week and I watch GM level shooters miss a reload, fumble a mag and I realize if people who train all the time and shoot on the clock 40-50 times a year miss reloads merely when trying to shoot at a bunch of steel plates, then the chance of an average to good shooter blowing a reload in the middle of the night when its dark and someone is trying to shoot them and they don't have a gun with a huge magwell as My IPSC or steel guns do is far more likely than what I see in competition
I love 1911s. Made Class A back when that was the top rating. Set the Ohio pin records which have never been broken with a Gold Cup I built up into an unlimited pin gun. I am 54 and have been shooting one since I was ten when I inherited my grandfather's 1911 he carried in France in 1917-1918. But for the average person, a 17 shot glock is a better choice for most people which is why almost every police department including the USMS and FBI use them or the similar SW MP
Free choice-you choose what you want, me I choose what I want etc. And I won't tell you you have made a wrong choice since you know your own limitations and skills better than I do. BUt I sure tire of people who have no clue about this subject and admit they don't "need" a gun telling people like me what we "need" or don't "need"
average means nothing. What matters is what is a possibility. The incident I cited in April 2013, Fayettville NC involved one homeowner, four home invaders. He was wounded, he killed two, drove the others off. The news story do not report the number of rounds but if he had a hit probability of 50%-which is pretty high that would have required 8 rounds. You seem to denigrate what your rights should be. Cops are worse shots than your average police officers. MOST POLICE OFFICERS are not assigned to tasks that make them any more likely to engage in firefights than other civilians.
You are buying into the nonsense that Boo and others spew. Part of my duties as an attorney for much of my career was dealing with police shootings. Nothing I have seen justifies claims that cops need more rounds than homeowners or business owners in light of the fact that other civilians ALMOST NEVER choose when a firefight hapens. YOur postings indicate to me someone who thinks having an FFL makes you somehow qualified to tell others what they need. I reject that and having represented Class III makers, major league retailers of weapons, LE agencies and a major NRA organization I have seen just about every bit of evidence useful in this discussion.
I pointed out that many officers today carry many more rounds than in the past.You are misreading. I have always said I prefer to own anything I want, and it is a personal choice that I do not carry even though I have my CCW and an FFL. I merely am saying that these gun grabbing DNC nuts are probably being Constitutional when they banned my high cap mags in NY and banned them in Colorado. I never said I loved the idea, or even thought it would lower these wholesale killings going on in USA.
To be EXTREMELY clear - the reason we are allowed to own guns Constitutionally is because of Article 1 Section 8, the 2nd Amendment, and the Militia Act. And anyone that does their homework knows why those provisions are in place. They were put in place for an unarmed militia to muster whenever there was the need to repel an invasion or insurrection (like the Whiskey Rebellion, which I told you about earlier). They are a copy of the rights that the British had as early as the 1600's; though the British clearly said the weapons rights were also for self defense. So if we are allowed high-cap mags; the question is merely "do citizens need the firepower that the military and police have?". The short answer is "I am not sure" and it seems that even Constitutional scholars and JD's seem to not agree on the topic.
and you continue to pretend that there are no situations where people need more. You ignored the April 2013 incident I discussed and cited where a homeowner engaged in an extended gun fight with FOUR perps The homeowner was injured, two perps killed, the others repelled. you think that was a case where 7 shots would have been always sufficient? get back to me when you actually have trained with a pistol in such scenarios
Should have stopped right there.Yes, it's getting obvious that American school children aren't safe in their schools
I buy into the concept of a legislative branch and a judicial branch. If Legislators create restrictions and then the SCOTUS says it's Constitutional, I abide by the restrictions. Having an FFL means I am qualified to know what is presently legal to own in USA. Having common sense means I am personally qualified to have an opinion on what firepower I feel I need to repel a home invasion. And being a 3POX1 with quite a bit of weapons training and serving in a war qualifies me to have an opinion on how to return fire. But if you believe that the legislative and judicial system do not properly work with regard to the Second Amendment; I am all ears and would like to understand why you feel my rights are being violated by present day gun laws.
I also know military that would jump at the chance to turn their weapons on our citizenry. Fortunatly those are in the minority.
Should have stopped right there.
In essence you are denying yourself rights as you feel the need to protect your home with a firearm. You are at the very least denying yourself peace of mind and the right to not have to be consumed with the need to protect yourself with a firearm or several firearms. One in every room as well as one under your pillow, one behind the toilet, one in your car, one in your belt as you walk the street.
Do you remember the days when you didn't have to worry about 'outgunning' somebody or having more rounds than that imaginary boogeyman you need to be able to shoot down before he shoots you?
If not then ask me and I'll tell you all about having the 'right' to not live in fear in Canada.
I have access to firearms in every room of my house. Literally. I live somewhere with a lower quantity of boogymen. That's common sense to do that if you can afford to. Canadians have some weapons I cannot have and I am actually jealous of that. They shoot beautiful M14 Norinco's and M1 Garand Norinco's at a quarter of the price of my Springfield Armory Super Match and National Match rifles; and for some reason Uncle Sam refuses to let us do business with Norinco. Here are my Scout and Super Match. I could own 10 Norinco's for the same price. ;-(
Not an insurrection just a sweep to take guns, and lives if they encountered resistance.I am out of the 176th in Syracuse. Before that I was at Dobbins for 11 years. I have never met anyone who would want to go head-to-head with their fellow citizens during an insurrection. We don't even train for that situation. We focus on search and rescue operations, and on high flight missions assisting homeland security with drug interdiction (drug dealers try and fly in with no flight plan and under 1K AGL). I have lots of weapons. As I said typically around 200. 100 of them are not for sale and are my personal permanent collection. I am very pro gun and feel every American should at least consider their obligation towards their own personal protection. I do however feel it's reasonable for the Senate and Supreme Court to weigh in on what is reasonable firepower for homeowners. At any rate - I have to take a buddy over to the VA. If you think I am off with my view of things you can say so and I will respond later. I suspect we just got off on the wrong foot and have a lot of the same views on weapons ownership.
Just stop.Go buy yourself a $3 special off the street and you will have a weapon that's more suitable for protecting yourself than a target rifle. One for every room, one for under your pillow, one for your nose even if you think you will be safer.
And of course you have all those guns loaded and not in a locked safe? I hope you don't have children or have other people's children in your house. If you do then I feel that I should be reporting you to the proper authorities before there's an accident that is going to be attitude adjusting.
Just keep going round and round. You are not making an arguement just repeating your wrong headed idea.
How about the other thread about some serious power outage. You may be the only one in your neighborhood that is armed and you may have to defend against more than one crack head looking to steal your TV.All I want is a simple answer. Support that he can't defend himself with only 7 rounds. Anything other than that, I'm not too interested in.
I know how things lay out in my house and I believe that while finding positions that target the enemy and protect me from direct lines of fire; that I could reload. If the firefight is at night I do prefer my XD. Not because of the 10 round magazines; but because I have TFO sights. In the daytime, I feel my 1911 is more accurate. I own a personal range at both of my homes and shoot at least every other day (I have a 300 acre farm in NY and a 66 acre farm in GA). My 25 meter 3 round groupings are tightest with my Kimber 1911, followed by my XD in 357 SIG. My worst groupings are probably my CZ52 or P38; and I cannot imagine those being my go-to life saving weapon in WW 2.
All I want is a simple answer. Support that he can't defend himself with only 7 rounds. Anything other than that, I'm not too interested in.
Go buy yourself a $3 special off the street and you will have a weapon that's more suitable for protecting yourself than a target rifle. One for every room, one for under your pillow, one for your nose even if you think you will be safer.
And of course you have all those guns loaded and not in a locked safe? I hope you don't have children or have other people's children in your house. If you do then I feel that I should be reporting you to the proper authorities before there's an accident that is going to be attitude adjusting.
How about the other thread about some serious power outage. You may be the only one in your neighborhood that is armed and you may have to defend against more than one crack head looking to steal your TV.
You may have to defend against other well armed people with ill intent. You never KNOW.