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In reply to the discussion: Look, if we're going to have a million gun threads can we get something right? Clips vs. Magazines [View all]Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)32. I asked once in DU, but the answer I got wasn't clear...
if I got one. So I started calling them mags.
But when I had a small .22 pistol years ago, others always referred to the loading thing with the bullets in it...they called it the clip. It looked like a mag in your pictures, only smaller...and the bullets weren't exposed like in your pic of a clip (but I think I could see if there were bullets in it?).
So I thought maybe mags held more bullets, while a clip held just a few, or clips were smaller in size or something. I also thought maybe a clip didn't come in high count.
But thanks for the clarification. The loading thing I stuck in the .22 look like a small mag, as I recall. But that was a long time ago.
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Look, if we're going to have a million gun threads can we get something right? Clips vs. Magazines [View all]
Kurska
Dec 2012
OP
they need to put some distance between themselves and the batshit angry gun owners
bettyellen
Dec 2012
#83
So you consider knowledge of gun terminology to be an indicator of educational achievement?
Squinch
Dec 2012
#33
My nephew believes his knowledge of every Pokemon ever created is an achievement....
bettyellen
Dec 2012
#99
I'm just wondering what the consequences of using the wrong one in this discussion are
rbixby
Dec 2012
#133
By using vague and incomplete terms it allows the debate to change direction on a whim.
Remmah2
Dec 2012
#147
That's fine. However if you make a good point in the gun control debate and use the wrong terms ...
spin
Dec 2012
#154
It is really too much to ask if you're going to talk about guns to use the correct words?
Kurska
Dec 2012
#10
Therefore your posts on the topic are far more effective than a post from an individual ....
spin
Dec 2012
#156
You really think people would do that? Just go on the internet and act stupid to make people mad?
Kurska
Dec 2012
#28
It worked in your case, didn't it? (filed under: "no sarcasm", and "truth hurts".)
OldDem2012
Dec 2012
#121
Dude, talking to the gun grabbers right now is like trying to talk to a dog
OffWithTheirHeads
Dec 2012
#38
May I suggest you stop trying to argue on technicalities. The meaning is perfectly clear.
BlueStreak
Dec 2012
#16
I think BlueStreak is about the fourth person in this thread to make the same point,
Chorophyll
Dec 2012
#40
This thread has a subject, you're free to start a thread on any gun control topic you like.
Kurska
Dec 2012
#58
this subject has already been covered in EVERY other thread about guns. I can't respect your opinion
bettyellen
Dec 2012
#111
so you failed to notice many here saying they didn't give a fuck because they are not here to write
bettyellen
Dec 2012
#116
yet you fail to grasp the dozen explanations on this page? i'll add one more....
bettyellen
Dec 2012
#120
But, but, we haven't discussed the finer points of navel lint yet!!! How can the OP poster take you
Squinch
Dec 2012
#150
Even the gun-bunnies call them clips when they're not lecturing us on terminology.
backscatter712
Dec 2012
#19
Some people don't know how to use an apostrophe. I happen to think apostrophes are important.
Squinch
Dec 2012
#46
I'm sorry, but if you want to be taken seriously you should get your terminology correct.
Kurska
Dec 2012
#30
I believe it is because the American football is derivitive of the European football.
Kurska
Dec 2012
#48
I would be willing to bet the house that you've weighed in on topics on DU for which
Chorophyll
Dec 2012
#47
And yet, I don't really see "terminology correction" threads about anything other
Chorophyll
Dec 2012
#59
Why would a tragedy change the fact that people should use the correct terminology?
Kurska
Dec 2012
#66
If I told you, "I can't take someone seriously when they talk about terrorism if they
Squinch
Dec 2012
#74
Okie dokie. So I guess we know not to try and talk to you if you have educated us about what is
Squinch
Dec 2012
#81
If getting things correct is not important to you, I believe that is your problem. n/t
Kurska
Dec 2012
#85
Doesn't matter. Both feed ammo into guns that should be banned, except possibly bolt action.
Hoyt
Dec 2012
#36
Many states have limits on the magazine capacity of a semi-auto firearm while hunting.
spin
Dec 2012
#159
A magazine is something I read on the toilet. A bullet and a gun are wmd's.
graham4anything
Dec 2012
#69
ITT: a zillion variants on "I can't be bothered to be correct and right at the same time." (nt)
Posteritatis
Dec 2012
#70
Correct. All this 'clip' vs 'magazine' is nothing more than a distraction that we have
RC
Dec 2012
#92
The head of the Connecticut State Police called them clips. We understand the gun held
doc03
Dec 2012
#84
Why don't you run up to Sandy Hook, and go educate this "annoying" man right away!
bettyellen
Dec 2012
#104
I wouldn't start an OP about how I can't communicate with people who misuse commas. nt
Bonobo
Dec 2012
#100
why pretend to be helpful with this? You admittedly don't want good legislation written.
bettyellen
Dec 2012
#105
you think any regulation on guns sucks. but the majority of americans do not. you are fringe....
bettyellen
Dec 2012
#110
I Don't Need To Know The Lurid Details Of Gun Jargon To Facilitate The Criminalization Of Gun Ownership
cantbeserious
Dec 2012
#107
Using "Classroom Clips" creates less confusion that using "Classroom Magazines".
ehrenfeucht games
Dec 2012
#129
Well, in fairness, if somebody doesn't know the difference between A and B, and talks about banning
Recursion
Dec 2012
#152
And gun manufacturers tried to build products that skirted the technical definitions
BlueStreak
Dec 2012
#160