I've been telling those who would listen the same thing. Just have more 10 round magazines......The ban accomplishes nothing.
The response from the anti-gun crowd is that the 2-3 seconds it takes to change the magazine gives the would be victims a chance to storm the shooter and take him or her down.
The problem of course is that it's harder than it sounds for those would be victims to detect that the person is out of ammo until the reload is well under way, only leaving a second or so to rise from cover and engage the shooter.
And then there is the problem posed by a secondary weapon, either on the original shooter or an accomplice.
But apparently that very slim potential benefit to limiting magazine size in mass shootings that are sensational but still nothing more than decimal dust in the overall violent crime picture is worth infringing on the rights of the owners of the 15-20 million modern sporting rifles that would fall under an assault weapon definition. Not to mention the millions of handguns capable of holding more than 10 rounds that will be next on the list for law abiding citizens to register (and for criminals to ignore).
And of course when those registrations and bans prove to be ineffective, they'll want to register my Ruger and S&W revolvers, and ban speed loaders, given that I can reload a revolver in just under 2 seconds.
Eventually someone will also figure out that a New York reload is potentially even faster and avoids the speed loader ban, so they'll then say "no one needs more than one revolver" and limit ownership to just one per licensed and registered citizen, since the government cares about us and wants to keep us safe from.....ourselves?
In any case the anti-gun crowd and our benevolent government will continue to improve gun restrictions until I'm allowed a single registered flintlock rifle (since a musket or a percussion rifled musket can be reloaded too quickly), with the round ball and black powder substitute (real black powder is a classified as an explosive and thus to dangerous to own) stored separately under lock and key, but available for use upon application and receipt of a permit for limited use at a properly licensed shooting club.
Governor Cuomo of NY recently claimed that you only need 7 rounds to go hunting, no one needs 10. Hunting?
Don't you know? Hunting is the only legitimate sporting use for a firearm. Those of us who prefer non violent uses of firearms such as Bullseye and national match shooting have no need for a firearm.
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Seriously all sarcasm aside, I do support responsible gun ownership:
1. I'm just fine with background checks for all gun sales including private sales. However, it needs to be available at nominal cost ($5) from any FFL, and ideally it would be a service offered by police departments and Sheriff's offices for free, which would also provide a safe place for private sales to occur.
2. I also support safe gun storage laws that require guns not on your person to be safely stored where they cannot be accessed by minors or easily accessed by prohibited persons. However it also needs to be reasonable - behind a locked residential type door, in an inexpensive gun safe, or with a simple lock on the gun (cable lock, trigger lock, etc).
3. I support reasonable standards for concealed carry permits - fingerprint based background checks, 4 hours training on handgun safety, 4 hours training in the laws pertaining to the use of deadly force, and live fire qualification. However, the costs also need to be nominal. For example, in NC meeting those requirements can cost in the neighborhood of $200, which limits access to the right to carry based on income. Conceal carry permits should also be issued on a "shall issue" basis, and state issued permits meeting the above criteria, should be recognized in all states that offer concealed carry permits.
4. I also support removing short barrel rifles and suppressors from the NFA, as these items are virtually never used in crimes and the resources committed to processing permits could be better used investigating credible threats.
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I do not support knee jerk legislation or gun control measures that restrict or tax gun ownership (banning categories of weapons, mandatory insurance, registration, excessive permit fees, mandatory waiting periods, etc) with no significant impact on reducing gun violence.
I also do not support regulatory creep that re-defines existing law and regulations in a manner that further restricts gun ownership as that is an abuse of executive branch power.
