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pnwmom

(110,301 posts) Wed Jan 24, 2018, 06:54 PM Jan 2018

what type of handgun he used? Are there handguns that hold 16 bullets? Did he have to reload? How fast could this all have happened?

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Where did you get the part about "16 bullets"? jberryhill Jan 2018 #1

Uhm, no, 16 is not the minimum number jberryhill Jan 2018 #4

Here's one: pnwmom Jan 2018 #6

From your link: moriah Jan 2018 #7

Thanks, moriah! pnwmom Jan 2018 #8

but, if you are assuming 16 shots fired... jberryhill Jan 2018 #5

Or multiple magazines. Edit: apparently not. moriah Jan 2018 #10

Most handguns at this point are probably semi-automatics jberryhill Jan 2018 #11

semi-auto pistols are not "modern" jberryhill Jan 2018 #13

They have been common retail items for decades jberryhill Jan 2018 #17

Cabela's is a sporting goods chain jberryhill Jan 2018 #20

No argument there jberryhill Jan 2018 #22

Okay, but I was kidding about blackjack at the Tulalip casino jberryhill Jan 2018 #24

Hah! Well, that must have been a pleasant memory to take back pnwmom Jan 2018 #25

Weird thing about that jberryhill Jan 2018 #28

Yeah, I don't think I've ever been there in cold weather jberryhill Jan 2018 #33

You may find this helpful in addition jberryhill Jan 2018 #26

Thank you. I had no idea what engineering marvels these things are. pnwmom Jan 2018 #27

As much a marvel as a PEZ dispenser really jberryhill Jan 2018 #29

LOL. Hey, they ARE engineering marvels. pnwmom Jan 2018 #31

Well the problem with PEZ.... jberryhill Jan 2018 #32

Nope, I never saw those either. pnwmom Jan 2018 #34

Not that it matters, as handguns can helmedon1974 Jan 2018 #35

Thanks for the info! pnwmom Jan 2018 #36

Coming up on ABC news malaise Jan 2018 #2

it does not matter, he deserves the death penalty or life in prison Demonaut Jan 2018 #19

So does the person mainstreetonce Jan 2018 #37