The Assault Weapons ban and the AZ shooting

[NJMaverick]

Loughner had a 9 mm Glock pistol (which he had purchased legally) with a 30 round magazine (came with 2 30 round clips), which he emptied before being tackled while attempting to reload. It's safe to say there would have been less injury and possible less death if Loughner wasn't able to fire 31 rounds (one in the gun) before having to reload. The Assault Weapons ban had a limit on the size of the magazine.

I hope this tragedy spurs Congress to revisit that law and pass a replacement (with some reasonable changes and accommodations)

[Capn Sunshine]

Quote:OBama's comin fer yer GUNZ!!! The Tree of Liberty must be watered with patriot Blood!
Our precious bodily fluids! I need my assault weapon for a whole herd of Winnebagos!

IOW, we must keep taking $$$ from suckers like the one whose sentiments are expressed above.
Can we overcome that? Is the NRA THAT powerful?

[azmouse]

The gun control issue will not be visited in the near future because the Republican controlled House will not allow it to be visited.

Yet another example of the disaster that happened this past November when the Republicans took back the House because Democrats didn't vote.

[OptimistesMaddie]

Even if the assault ban were in place this guy would have been allowed to purchase this gun.

Once again we have to go back to Reagan and his decision to rid the country of State and Gov run mental institutions. Yes, they were in bad shape but to eliminate them completely and hope that something would miraculously appear to fill the gap for the mentally ill was foolish.

The guy that shot Reagan, this guy, the guy that shot John Lennon and many other instances of mass shootings mental illness combined with automatic weapons have been a deadly combination.

The HCR bill actually has a provision to deal with Mental Health in this country and we need to talk about how it will benefit communities.

[There Is No Spoon]

(01-10-2011 01:00 PM)NJMaverick Wrote:  Loughner had a 9 mm Glock pistol (which he had purchased legally) with a 30 round magazine (came with 2 30 round clips), which he emptied before being tackled while attempting to reload. It's safe to say there would have been less injury and possible less death if Loughner wasn't able to fire 31 rounds (one in the gun) before having to reload. The Assault Weapons ban had a limit on the size of the magazine.

I hope this tragedy spurs Congress to revisit that law and pass a replacement (with some reasonable changes and accommodations)

I was wondering how the heck he shot 20 people with a single clip Really, why do right-wing nut jobs get all bent out of shape that many people think that a normal 9mm 17+1 shot clip is more than enough for a self-defense weapon? Heck, the weapon gets awkward and the clip/bullets end up adding 1/3 or more to the weight of the pistol - what is the point unless you're out to kill a lot of people?