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In reply to the discussion: DU gun owners " Have you ever felt under gunned carrying less than ten rounds in a mag [View all]Kaleva
(36,094 posts)39. Then why are they so popular with some people?
Your comment:
"...given that it does not make a practical and significant real-world difference in semi-automatic firepower. "
I've always been confused by this arguement. On one hand some say the capacity of the mags doesn't make any difference because they can be changed out so quickly while on the other some of the very same people will argue against any restriction on them being able to have 20-30 round magazines. I've even seen a couple of people say they will give theirs up only if the police can't have any.
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DU gun owners " Have you ever felt under gunned carrying less than ten rounds in a mag [View all]
former-republican
Dec 2012
OP
I know you're fishing for snark, but some of us can drop an empty and load a new mag pretty fast
NightWatcher
Dec 2012
#1
The layperson doesn't seem to understand how easy it is to fabricate a high capacity magazine.
NYC_SKP
Dec 2012
#4
i have another two mag holder on my tac vest so i use it rather than have it empty
loli phabay
Dec 2012
#44
out here in the boonies we carry both. i can use non lethal with my shotgun
loli phabay
Dec 2012
#46
He probably lives where there are some brown people and worries about them
kestrel91316
Dec 2012
#28
If you truly believe that railing against clips that hold "20 or 30 rounds" is a solution, you've won
AnotherMcIntosh
Dec 2012
#35
1.) You've changed the subject. 2.) You speak like someone who has never fired a revolver.
AnotherMcIntosh
Dec 2012
#57
You initially said at #11, you were "dumbfounded at people that think 20 or 30 rounds in a clip ..."
AnotherMcIntosh
Dec 2012
#85
LOL! I probably would opt to run, if I could, instead of getting out a gun like that.
Kaleva
Dec 2012
#50
two seconds is a long time to change a mag. thougj id prefer ten thirty round mags to a three hundr
loli phabay
Dec 2012
#34
This isn't 1994 and there wasn't a horrific mass shooting at a school that year either
Kaleva
Dec 2012
#67
I understand your comment and totally see where you're coming from...
OneTenthofOnePercent
Dec 2012
#89
one round may stop the threat but it may not. there may be more than one threat i dont know
loli phabay
Dec 2012
#73
Yes. When carrying a revolver I felt outgunned knowing there were semis out there with
jmg257
Dec 2012
#109
Why is this in GD? This is a gun thread with mostly gun owners talking about their damn
tpsbmam
Dec 2012
#110
If overwrought claims of all gun owners as insane criminals are allowed in GD
dmallind
Dec 2012
#115