I just have to throw in my two cents regarding the resurrected panic-mongering over hi-cap magazines. What really torques me are those people who tell us that we don't "need" hi-caps. I don't want them telling me what I "need." Karl Marx advocated that in his Critique of the Gotha Program, in which he declared "from each according to his ability, to each according to his need," which advocated that individuals take from society only what was necessary to meet their needs.

I even saw someone on talk-TV describing how his five-round shotgun was restricted to three rounds for hunting, and how he could not understand why anyone would "need" hi-caps.

Well, to those guys and gals who would tell me I don't need hi-cap mags, I would say to them it has nothing to do with "need," it has nothing to do with hunting, and it has nothing to do with self defense. It is instead about having the freedom to choose a legally available product that I want to own. My main interest in S&W handguns has always been ANIB Model 59 type pistols, and they were shipped with hi-cap magazines. Do I "need" those hi-caps? No, but I do want them because they are the correct magazines that were shipped with the guns.

Okay, I feel better now!