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To: Kaslin
MORGAN: ...It is the high-powered guns of any variety which can fire 30 or 40 or more rounds in less than a minute that can cause mass murder

In 1914, Sergeant Instructor Alfred Snoxall put 38 rounds into a 12" target at 300 yards in one minute with a No. 1 Enfield, a bolt-action rifle.

The cartridge fired by this rifle was designed to stop a cavalry charge by disabling the horses at a range of 600 yards.

I presume this would fit Morgan's definition of "30 or 40 rounds in less than a minute that can cause mass murder".

Does he thus presume to outlaw century-old bolt-action rifles?

27 posted on 01/25/2013 2:09:17 PM PST by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: DuncanWaring
Does he thus presume to outlaw century-old bolt-action rifles?

Eventually. One step at a time.

48 posted on 01/25/2013 3:59:24 PM PST by tpmintx (Gun free zones are hunting preserves for unarmed people.)
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