beowulf

Considering your lack of experience, your opinion doesn't amount to much. Also your lack of common sense. Considering the number of high capacity magazines already in private hands any ban will be useless.

http://www.brownells.com/magazines/rifle-magazines/magazines/index.htm?avs%7cCapacity_1=100-Round Notice that they are out of stock. All high capacity magazines for AR 15's are out of stock. ALL of them!!! Since this has happened everyone has been buying them as fast as they can. This isn't just AR 15 magazines either.

Now you are just being silly. Magazines for ar 15s range from ten rounds to 100 rounds and there are millions of them out there.

I don't know...how long does it take on average? Is this average for a trained person, or an untrained person? What about a 5 round or 2 round magazine? What about single action manual reload? None of that would have made a difference? Or you would not be willing to give up your magazines? Trained or untrained it's only a matter of seconds. Now you are getting into the realm of a ban. Banning something doesn't make it go away and doesn't necessarily mean it will be less available. I have no interest in disarming myself. That would take away my right to defend myself.

Scary looking guns seems to be the definition.

Without a definition of "assualt weapons" that statement really doesn't mean anything. I disagree on the high capacity magazines. But I certainly don't think that is the one answer that will do it. How long do you think it takes to switch out an empty magazine for a full one? It wouldn't have changed anything for this guy to have 10 round magazines or 20.

No, but banning high capacity magazines or "assault weapons" won't do anything to reduce mass shootings or the severity.

Uhm, no. He killed his mother after obtaining the weapons. You are assuming she was going to let him leave with them. I think it's much more reasonable to think that she would have objected.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2012-12-19/wal-mart-stores-sell-out-guns

No matter how many times you say this, it still wouldn't make any difference. The number of rounds in a magazine wouldn't have changed the out come.

As you I am sure know, banning something doesn't make it go away. It just creates a black market. Marijuana is currently under a Federal ban. How easy is it to buy? You're asking a Coloradoan?

I was told in my CHL class that the Texas state Capitol building is the only state capitol building that allows CHL holders in and they have an expanded tour of the building just for CHL holders.

And not JUST felony theft, he killed his own mother to obtain the weapons.

Have armed security guard in Gun Free Zones, Or let CHL holders carry everywhere, get rid of "Gun Free Zones". Some teachers will get their CHL and will probably carry at school. Active security is the best solution. Laws don't make us safer.

I didn't say anything about banning. Fully automatic weapons aren't necessarily banned either. Just indicating that making things harder to get does influence the crimes perpetrated with those hard to acquire items. How does changing what is used to commit a crime make it better? Considering the number of semi auto weapons in the US it's going to very difficult to make them harder to get.

You seem to be getting a little agitated. Fact remains that very few crimes are perpetrated with fully automatic weapons. Fully automatic weapons are hard and expensive to acquire. I think there is a correlation. I also think that correlation will hold for other weapons. I think that will reduce the number and the severity of mass shootings. I guess that makes me of a certain kind. Not considering the number of semi automatic weapons currently in circulation. Banning "assault weapons" won't make them as expensive or as hard to find as full auto weapons.

As you I am sure know, banning something doesn't make it go away. It just creates a black market. Marijuana is currently under a Federal ban. How easy is it to buy? You're asking a Coloradoan?

The previous 90's ban was weak, including grandfathering in existing high capacity mags. A stronger ban might "work", as in fewer children being summarily executed by loons so easily. Wouldn't make any difference. The police don't have enough resources to confiscate all of the high capacity magazines and the public would not stand for that. 10 round or 20 round magazines would not slow down the carnage by any noticeable difference.

As you I am sure know, banning something doesn't make it go away. It just creates a black market. Marijuana is currently under a Federal ban. How easy is it to buy?

Magazine sizes should be on the table. Easy access to large capacity semi-auto weapons makes mass murder just a little too convenient. I just bought a dozen 30 5.56 magazines I dont own a 5.56 anymore but views like this are likely to make worth 10 times what I paid for them soon BTW, the US's major shooting/gun suppliers just told thier distributors that they are completely sold out of all high cap mags and AR15 type weapons I dont know how many that is but, you can bet it is a lot Sure they're sold out, because that's the obvious conversation to have about gun control right now. Semi-auto weapons will never be touched, nor should they be, but legal magazine sizes are worth a chat. Not if you actually want to make a difference. The previous ban on high capacity magazines didn't make any difference. So why do you think it will work in the future?

I understand this is an emotional response, but it won't make any real difference. Damn near impossible to implement and with so many already in circulation it wouldn't make a difference. It's not a middle of the road compromise if it doesn't work. It's just another useless law.

Magazine sizes should be on the table. Easy access to large capacity semi-auto weapons makes mass murder just a little too convenient. Doesn't make any difference. Ejecting an empty magazine and inserting a full one doesn't take much time at all and is especially irrelevant when attacking unarmed people. Also there are so many high capacity magazines out there that banning future sales will make very little difference in the availability. It will only affect the cost.

I doubt that that is true. In the data that you have seen were they filtering out those that possessed the gun illegally?

Only a very minimal sign. The Too Big To Jail are still around.

If you are in a situation where it's likely that someone would attempt to disarm you then whether you have a gun or not it's a really bad situation. I have my CHL and carry nearly all of the time. I still avoid bad areas of town and work to be even more aware of my surroundings. Having my weapon well concealed minimizes the likeliness of someone attempting to disarm me and use my weapon against me. It's very likely that I will never have to draw my weapon, but at least I have the option.