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In reply to the discussion: Pro-Gun Voices in Congress Are Open to Bullet Capacity Limits [View all]benEzra
(12,148 posts)49. A ban on 10-to-30 round magazines would be even more politically toxic than an AWB...
since the magazine ban wouldn't just affect modern-looking rifles, but many popular pistols and traditional-looking rifles as well.
As to requiring magazine changes every 10 or 15 rounds, here's a regular dude shooting a local-to-me USPSA match with a hard-kicking, very-low-capacity pistol (M1911 .45 ACP, capacity 8+1):
Unless you are going to ban ownership of multiple magazines, even New York's wacky 7-round limit (less than half the capacity you could buy in NY in 1861) doesn't really limit rate of effective fire. Of course, that wasn't the intent.
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NYT may be in error: The Conn murderer Did in fact switch mags several times...
Eleanors38
Feb 2013
#4
Thanks for the corrections. I don't use guns as much as you so I don't give a shit about the lingo.
upaloopa
Feb 2013
#41
How mentally ill do you mean? Someone being treated doing well on SSRI anti-depressants? An
uppityperson
Feb 2013
#14