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[JohnnyRingo]

57. That's quite true to a point.

But what do you call hi-cap? Most semi-auto rifles come standard with seven to ten round mags. Extended magazines usually go to 30 rounds. Beyond that capacity they tend to jam and are unreliable.

Ten unexpected rapid fire shots would have easily caused the havoc and deaths we saw today, and it only takes a couple seconds to eject a magazine and insert a new fully loaded one. Those couple of seconds could lower the body count slightly, but no one I know would rush a shooter during that period of time unless they're face to face. Any sane person would be headed the other way.

Personally I don't mind at all if they stop production of the so called "banana clips", because owning only a couple antique pistols, it won't affect me, but that still leaves millions upon millions of them still in the public's hands. No one knows where they are since they never had to be registered, and expecting people voluntarily turn them in seems something of a fantasy. Still, there's no real world reason to own one other than a belief that they make an assault rifle look more military. That's why most honest people buy them.

Ban the extended magazines if anyone thinks it helps, but let's find the root cause of these shootings. It can't be a simple case of ownership, or collectors who own dozens of firearms would be doing most of the killing. As it is, they aren't. Most seem to just go out and buy the ordinance they need at WalMart before hatching their insane plot.

Perhaps Fox News and hate radio is inspiring these people by constantly bombarding them with a message that they have to take action right now. Certainly the recent increase in cases of random mass shootings have dovetailed nicely with the rise in popularity of such media personalities. Others are just complete mental failures who won't find help until they kill someone.

I predict that one day one of these killers are going to be taken alive and cite something specific that Hannity or Limbaugh said as their inspiration. The ensuing civil lawsuits will change the voice of AM radio and Fox News forever, and leave the world a better place.