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In reply to the discussion: What your uncle who watches FOX News all day is all worked up about (Fast and Furious) [View all]LAGC
(5,330 posts)47. We've had this discussion before, I think...
Re: the Loughner shooting...
What makes you so sure Loughner would have had any trouble reloading standard-sized magazines? I mean, it certainly didn't stop shooter Cho at Virginia Tech.
I've owned a few of them before, and let me tell you they are quite cumbersome to handle, don't fit in pockets well, are hard to speed-load, and tend to jam more often. Truth is, those extended magazines may have actually SAVED lives by causing Loughner trouble, whereas he may have had no trouble at all had he just brought a bunch of standard-sized magazines that fateful day and shot and killed many more people.
This idea that banning all magazine capacities over 10-rounds would somehow prevent these mass shootings is just silly.
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What your uncle who watches FOX News all day is all worked up about (Fast and Furious) [View all]
DanTex
Jun 2012
OP
WTF?!! This was a Bush admin Operation!!! You're kidding me right?! This is WINGER type meme
uponit7771
Jun 2012
#3
I assume you meant "more" need to be fired as those running the operation have already been fired.
ieoeja
Jun 2012
#23
Could part of the problem be that assault weapons are legal, and marijuana is not?
panzerfaust
Jun 2012
#10
Yes, the problem with F&F is that the ATF made some errors, and whoever made them should be fired.
DanTex
Jun 2012
#19
re: Yes, the problem with F&F is that the ATF made some errors, and whoever made them should be fire
clang1
Jun 2012
#28
The only uncle I talk to is a registered Socialist--or was, at least, at one point in his life.
Arkana
Jun 2012
#15
Please stop repeating the false statistic that 60K to 80K guns were "walked" into Mexico.
DanTex
Jun 2012
#34
Dan, a dead US border agent shot by a 'gun walked' firearm is the issue that gave the kooks and..
aikoaiko
Jun 2012
#48
The death of Brian Terry is not an excuse for witch hunts and conspiracy theories.
DanTex
Jun 2012
#51
On this we agree: "I'm all in favor of looking into the operation, to find out what went wrong,...
aikoaiko
Jun 2012
#52