A 100 round magazine [View all]

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Small wonder 70 people were shot.

A drum-style magazine for an AR-15 assault rifle was recovered at the movie theater, said police Chief Dan Oates at a news conference.

Holmes bought four guns recently from area retailers and 6,000 rounds of ammunition and several magazines that fit the assault rifle on the Internet, Oates said. He said 3,000 rounds were .223-caliber bullets for the AR-15. The chief said he didn't know where Holmes obtained the full suit of body armor and gas mask he was wearing when arrested.

With the 100-round magazine, "he could have gotten off 50 to 60 rounds -- even if it was a semi-automatic -- within one minute," Oates said.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/20/james-holmes-aurora-shooting-medical-student_n_1689794.html?icid=maing-grid7%7Cnetscape%7Cdl1%7Csec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D182203#132_joseph-holmes-bought-6000-rounds-of-ammo-big-assault-rifle-magazine-from-internet

There is zero excuse whatsoever for allowing some random kid to have an AR15, a 100-round magazine and 6,000 rounds. That's not a self-defense or hunting gun. That's a murder machine, no different from high-grade explosives or military grade anthrax.

There's just no excuse for allowing a random civilian to have access to that kind of firepower.

http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2012/07/unconscionable-and-unacceptable-by.html