Reply #201: So if you restrict his items perhaps he changes his tactics...

[OneTenthofOnePercent]

You can't simply say "wihout a highcap Loughner would have killed fewer people" because you cannot his reaction to the new "rules" of the game.

What if lougher decided to use New-York-style reloads (two pistols, one always ready and loaded while reloading the other so the shooter is never unable to shoot)? Or loughner could have used more distance and a rifle. Or Loughner could have used an off-the-shelf shotgun which holds more pellets and shoots them faster than any pistol ever could empty its magazine. Maybe he fills a few barrels with fertilizer/fuel and blows everyone up instead.

The fact of the matter is that advocating limiting magazine size to thwart people like Loughner is a logical fallacy in that the proposal doesn't take into account a changing strategy given the changed conditions... some strategies which may be even more detrimental. And, given current supply, any criminal will likely just obtain a prohibited item for illicit use anyways... meaning the ban was useless.