How significant would a new AWB and a 10 round limit be to rifle effectiveness?

[reggie_love]

It's time we face up to it -- Magazine Size Matters.
Otherwise, the gun side of the gun culture divide would not care.

Bigger magazines give more firepower.
That's why soldiers use 30 round magazines in their rifles.

The real questions are:

How much firepower is the minimum guaranteed by the Constitution?
How much restriction can be pushed through Congress and the states.

I do not think a 10 round limit is unconstitutionally low to any Supreme Court we will see in our lifetimes and I expect to see a 10 round limit instituted.

Personally, at the range I use 10 round magazines and load them with five rounds. No concealed carry in NJ. But if there was, I would probably use a five shot J frame.

Interesting fact:

Eric Harris (of the Columbine massacre) used a break action shotgun with a capacity of two, which he reloaded 96 times. Magazine size doesn't matter for mass murderers. It absolutely does not.

Armed people will terrorize unarmed people until met with armed resistance.

 

[David White]

interesting fact:

Eric harris (of the columbine massacre) used a break action shotgun with a capacity of two, which he reloaded 96 times. Magazine size doesn't matter for mass murderers. It absolutely does not.

Armed people will terrorize unarmed people until met with armed resistance.

 

[velojym]

"10" is not a magic number. The relevant question should be "Who the hell gave these guys (demonstrably corrupt, and well guarded politicians) the right to tell us what we may or may not own???"

 

[Fred_G]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZR64EF3OpA

 

[Justin]

Interesting fact:

Eric Harris (of the Columbine massacre) used a break action shotgun with a capacity of two, which he reloaded 96 times. Magazine size doesn't matter for mass murderers. It absolutely does not.

Armed people will terrorize unarmed people until met with armed resistance.

Incorrect. Harris fired His Hi-Point carbine 96 times (requiring ten separate reloads.)

He also fired 25 rounds through the double barreled shotgun requiring 13 reloads.

Source:
http://www.columbine-online.com/attack/columbine-attack-weapons-guns-knives-rifle-shotguns-tec-9.htm

FWIW, even though the author's gun knowledge is not as good as it should be, I highly recommend Dave Cullen's book on Columbine. It's the most thoroughly researched and sourced book I've seen on the incident.

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S3 using Tapatalk. Hence all the misspellings and goofy word choices.

 

[ConstitutionCowboy]

How significant? Any amount is unacceptable. Period.

Woody

 

[BADUNAME37]

If several people come storming through my door in the middle of the night and they have several guns with high capacity magazines, I don't want to be restricted to have to use only ten (or however many) rounds.

Of course, the bad guys don't follow the rules, they may even have full-auto's with high-capacity magazines (or drum).

Why should I have to take that risk trying to protect me and my family and whomever else may be at my home at the time -- just because I'm trying to be a law-abiding citizen?

 

[Steve CT]

If Federal law follows the proposal coming in CT, it would be very significant. CT is currently under the former AWB with the exception of the magazine limit.

http://www.jud.ct.gov/ji/criminal/glossary/assaultweapon.htm

Currently any two of the following on a detachable magazine rifle makes it an Assault Weapon in CT

(A) A semiautomatic rifle that has an ability to accept a detachable magazine and has at least two of the following:

i. a folding or telescopic stock;

ii. a pistol grip;

iii. a bayonet mount;

iv. a flash suppressor or threaded barrel designed to accommodate a flash suppressor; and

v. a grenade launcher.

The new bill expected to be introduced will reduce that to ONE of those features, all it will take is a pistol grip to make it an Assault Weapon.

If this passes in CT, that might be leverage to pass similar legislation in other states and at the Federal level.

 

[Balrog]

It's not the TOOL.

Then why doesnt the US Army still use muskets?