Posted on 02/23/2018 7:44:14 PM PST by doug from upland
MSNBC anchors are claiming that teachers armed with handguns would be unable to stop a school shooter because rifles shoot “three times faster.”
Anchor Lawrence O’Donnell said on his show Thursday night that “a bullet fired from an AR-15 travels 3x faster than one from a handgun…and yet the president and the NRA think giving teachers guns will stop a school shooter.”
MSNBC ✔ @MSNBC Lawrence: A bullet fired from an AR-15 travels 3x faster than one from a handgun.
And yet the president and the NRA think giving teachers guns will stop a school shooter
Stephanie Ruhle similarly asked, “How does the best marksman in the world with a handgun take down a shooter with an AR-15 (bullets travel 3x faster).”
Stephanie Ruhle ✔ @SRuhle Also remember that Reagan was surrounded by the secret service in 1981...yet, he was shot. How will teachers with guns protect students? How does the best marksman in the world with a handgun take down a shooter with an AR-15 (bullets travel 3x faster)
While bullets fired from rifles do travel faster than those fired by handguns, the difference comes down to a matter of milliseconds, which would be negligible in any confrontation with a shooter. In close range situations, the difference in bullet velocity matters even less.
The pair also seemingly failed to consider why handguns are standard issue weapons for police officers.
A number of Twitter users pointed out the stupidity of O’Donnell and Ruhle’s claims.
aThirdOfDuane @aThirdOfDuane Replying to @MSNBC It would seem that drug-testing isn’t a thing at MSNBC
There is nothing, absolutely nothing goofier than a libtard lecturing us about guns.
But it doesn’t even make any sense! Maybe someone trolled them into it.
Some forms of stupid can’t be fixed
I say we take Lawrence to a firing range, stand him up as a target, and see if one of those sssslllloooooooowwwwww handguns can take him out.
There is nothing, absolutely nothing goofier than a libtard lecturing us about guns.
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Except the dumb f’s who believe it.
I always defer to MSNBC when I want information about firearms. They’re the experts don’t you know.
The dumb-assery is great in the media.
Indeed
The stupid - it is unrivaled.
Use extreme caution....shooter has a dog
Quickest way to stop the shooting is to return fire, asap.
I, for one, would like a chance to go down fighting with a handgun rather than empty handed.
I bet the principal of Sandy Hook would say the same thing.
I am so good that i do not fund these morons.
Laughable. Does he really think the person with the fastest muzzle velocity wins? Utterly retarded.
Nah, that would only get a bunch of comfort animals killed.
LOL, in a 50’ long classroom journalist idiots do the math!
Whether the bullet is going 1,800 feet per second or 3,500 feet per second is about a billionth of a second in real time.
No human that ever lived has a brain connected to a trigger finger that can defeat either bullet.
Moreover, these cowards will only go in the Gun Free Zone anyway. So, the whole discussion is MOOT.
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