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In reply to the discussion: Handguns, Shotguns, Rifles, okay [View all]ProgressiveProfessor
(22,144 posts)62. Shotguns are also used extensively in combat since WWI
Some are even magazine fed like AKs.
The 100rd magazine is not why people will be killed. Its the shooter. Magazine size is irrelevant.
I can get 100 rounds on target faster with standard AR magazines than the perp in Aurora. The difference is that I am not a threat to society and he was.
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It is easier to identify the guns rather than the people that are threats to society.
LonePirate
Jul 2012
#56
A lot of people are having a hard time "helping the discussion". Seems the discussion supports
rhett o rick
Jul 2012
#19
That's just your opinion. Do you believe you're the judge of rationality and truth?
leveymg
Jul 2012
#44
Indeed it is my opinion that the penile compensation canard is not a rational argument
ProgressiveProfessor
Jul 2012
#49
It's a perfectly rational explanation for irrational behaviors, such as buying semiautomatic weapons
leveymg
Jul 2012
#74
other: "Not necessary but can be quite entertaining at the shooting range."
OneTenthofOnePercent
Jul 2012
#8
I don't have one either, but that does not mean a need has to be demonstrated
ProgressiveProfessor
Jul 2012
#51
Its a valid analogy about "need" There are others but I like to use the TB disc one since
ProgressiveProfessor
Jul 2012
#57
Do you realize that a handgun, shotgun, and rifle is *exactly* what the theater shooter used?
Johnny Rico
Jul 2012
#42
Cho killed 33 at Virginia Tech using *reduced* capacity magazines that only held 10 rounds each.
Johnny Rico
Jul 2012
#69