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In reply to the discussion: Police: Man going to gay pride event had rigged magazines [View all]Adrahil
(13,340 posts)29. I hesitate to answer...
... since I might get yelled at for knowing what the fuck I'm talking about but....
The way the article is worded is very unclear. Magazines "rigged" to quickly load 60 rounds could be anything. It could be that the dude cut apart the magazines and "bubba'd" them together to make a home-made 60 round magazine, or maybe he just taped two magazines together to do a quick flip reload. There probably isn't a specific item to ban,
However... such magazines DO exist (see below), and I agree they should be banned (I favor a mag limit of 10 rounds).

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Under prohibition of possessing firearms and prohibited from leaving the state
Angel Martin
Jun 2016
#2
Perhaps you are missing how toxic and hostile our society is to gay people STILL in many places.
stillwaiting
Jun 2016
#33
Yeah! That's why he's being held on 2 million dollars bond and charged with multiple felonies...
Bluenorthwest
Jun 2016
#6
"the gun magazines would allow someone to reload 30 rounds in less than 2 seconds."
IronLionZion
Jun 2016
#10
Much like the Orlando shooter, seems this guy may have been a self-loather.
Snarkoleptic
Jun 2016
#13
Overwhelmingly sad to hear this happened to someone 12 years old. He ruined her life.
Judi Lynn
Jun 2016
#39
Likely a device called a "bump stock". That pretty much makes an AK fully automatic.
tonyt53
Jun 2016
#28