Posted on 04/20/2013 6:23:03 AM PDT by marktwain
Looking at the pics coming in from the Boston bomber manhunt I see all these LEOs bristling with high-capacity-mag, assault weapon looking rifles (wonder how many are full-auto?), bad-ass shotguns, scary black pistols. For two guys well, one now. (None now. Good show LEOs.)
Thing is, I dont begrudge the city of Boston a single round. The LEOs, God bless em, arent taking any chances. But then why should you? Why should you be held to 7 rounds? Or 10. Or any arbitrary number.
Who needs 30-round mags?
legions of heavily armed police felt like they needed them for two guys. Then one one guy.
If precaution advises that many trained officers with all that firepower to prepare to take out two baddies because who knows how heavily armed they are or what they might do how can we expect a lone homeowner to defend herself against similar unknown threats with seven rounds? Mayor Bloomberg, Governor OMalley, et al., please, your thoughts?
TTAGers, heres hoping you never need even one and always have access to a whole lot more.
How did the bombers exchange gunfire with police in a city and state with very strict gun laws? Surely bombers don’t violate gun laws do they?
Great question. How many rounds do cops REALLY NEED to kill one person? Why didn’t they use smaller clips? They could have just reloaded, if really necessary?
No, the ONLY REASON they had such large clips was to inflict maximum violence on innocent people. They were only looking for one person - if they can’t hit him with a seven round clip, then they need more training..
Why didn’t they just send one police officer?
Or seven, if that’s the number we want to settle one.
Seven officers with seven rounds apiece.
Seems more than fair.
Who “needs” 30 round Magazines? Guys that can’t find sixty round mags?
And terrorists ??? All they need is a backpack and a pressure cooker.
If you saw the guy in your backyard and you were armed, would you shoot or call 9-11?
The first story out said they took the gun from the policeman. That would mean he got shot with his own gun.
Not sure how many rounds but a while back two or three NYC cops used up to 14 rounds to kill a guy running up the stairs in a tenement - away from them - at about 15 feet.
I do! — I hate loading 5 rds over and over...it saves me x 6...
NYPD, 1997, 3 cops, 42 shots
I have been pondering this same thought.
What if I say: “Boy I’m glad those citizens have 30-round mags and Assault Rifles!”
And they say, “They aren’t citizens, they are police.”
Well, I contend that the police ARE citizens.
(And so am I!}
My contribution to the 30-roung mag requirement: https://twitter.com/PaulIzzo2/status/325241796391227393/photo/1
Thanks for pointing that out - I knew it was some ridiculous number of shots.
I have multiple weapons from .22s, 9mms to a WASR10 w/30 round magazine. The night they were chasing these guys around the neighborhood, if I was in my house, guess which one I would pick.
After viewing last night’s coverage of the “take-down” and capture of the nearly incapacitated suspect, the question that came to my mind was “How many heavily armed LEOs does it take to arrest one fugitive?”
My dad showed me how to tape two 15rd. mags together for my M1 carbine. When I’m home I hit the range and practice swapping them around. At the price of ammo these days and also the availability I don’t shoot. I do have a Crosman Benjamin Trail NP .22 Caliber Nitro Piston Air Rifle and can get all sorts of shot for it. Some go as fast as 1200fps.
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