Short of limiting capacity of magazines (and from the reports at Ft. Hood, the guy would have HAD to change mags unless he had some kind of wacky snail mag) I can’t see how an AWB that didn’t just up and ban semi-auto weapons would affect either incident. Not that I expect that to stop anyone…
51 people killed or wounded would imply extra magazines rather than new york reload for a weapon with a 20-round factory magazine. (Looked it up). Even assuming the 30-round extended magazines that’s pretty unlikey, esp since I saw at least one news piece that suggested some of the victims were hit twice.
Ishall try to be careful here since in the past I have been castigated by other contributers for religious remarks, BUT, it seems to me that most shooting/murders against our military are committed by fanatical muslims (as was this one) as often as they are with guns (or grenades, as happened in a fragging incident early in the Iraq conflict). Sooooo, what type of restrictions should we place on THEM? OUCH!
It seems like every time a cluster of shootings happens, there’s some POS legislation about to be voted on. Watch and see – there will be a rider on the health care bill with AWB 2.0 added as ‘must pass’ legislation.
November 6th, 2009 at 2:52 pm
Here comes AWB 2.0!
Seriously though, WTF is wrong with suicidal people. Just kill your damn self. Leave everyone else alone.
November 6th, 2009 at 3:38 pm
Suspect now in custody according to Orlando Sentinel.
November 6th, 2009 at 4:01 pm
Short of limiting capacity of magazines (and from the reports at Ft. Hood, the guy would have HAD to change mags unless he had some kind of wacky snail mag) I can’t see how an AWB that didn’t just up and ban semi-auto weapons would affect either incident. Not that I expect that to stop anyone…
November 6th, 2009 at 4:43 pm
The fort hood shooter used two pistols. New York reload.
No wacky snail mags needed.
November 6th, 2009 at 8:49 pm
51 people killed or wounded would imply extra magazines rather than new york reload for a weapon with a 20-round factory magazine. (Looked it up). Even assuming the 30-round extended magazines that’s pretty unlikey, esp since I saw at least one news piece that suggested some of the victims were hit twice.
November 7th, 2009 at 4:23 am
There was even one in Japan which I posted about today. They do indeed seem to come in groups, but why?
November 7th, 2009 at 11:48 am
News coverage?
November 7th, 2009 at 11:49 am
Ishall try to be careful here since in the past I have been castigated by other contributers for religious remarks, BUT, it seems to me that most shooting/murders against our military are committed by fanatical muslims (as was this one) as often as they are with guns (or grenades, as happened in a fragging incident early in the Iraq conflict). Sooooo, what type of restrictions should we place on THEM? OUCH!
November 7th, 2009 at 6:23 pm
It seems like every time a cluster of shootings happens, there’s some POS legislation about to be voted on. Watch and see – there will be a rider on the health care bill with AWB 2.0 added as ‘must pass’ legislation.