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In reply to the discussion: What law would have stopped even half of the last 10 mass shootings? [View all]GulfCoast66
(11,949 posts)Mass shootings would be way less deadly. And way less common. Owning a gun that allows someone to fire 20-30 times as fast as you can pull the trigger gives a person on the edge a sense of total power.
When I first started hunting in the 70s you never saw rifles with magazines that hold over 5 at the range when practicing for hunting season. You actually saw very few semiautomatic rifles and those you did were clearly hunting rifles that maybe held 5 bullets.
Starting in the 90s I saw more and more black guns with huge magazines. Which is why I have to drive over an hour each fall to practice up for hunting. There is a range that does not seem to cater to the black gun crowd. For all I know they are not allowed. Never seen one. It is very tightly run with draconian range masters that will kick your ass out for screwing around or even on small violation of their safety protocol. Like all the ranges I grew up with in the 70s. I drive past several closer but dont want to be around guys who are practicing shooting people and cutting up. The things I have seen at open ranges with no range master still gives me nightmares. I actually saw a group of guys in cammo with black guns drinking beer. That was the last open range I ever went to.