[marktwain]

A well written comment. If the police need that firepower, so do all citizens.

[csmusaret]

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?

[BobL]

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..

[Fightin Whitey]

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.

[count-your-change]

Who “needs” 30 round Magazines? Guys that can’t find sixty round mags?

[Sacajaweau]

Absolutely...We're still defenseless...They have armoured vehicles.

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?

[JPG]

It's a good bet that many MA anti-gun types, while being ordered to hunker down behind locked doors, had a change of heart about the value of being armed.

[BCW]

I do! — I hate loading 5 rds over and over...it saves me x 6...

[BCW]

[Scrambler Bob]

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!}

[y6162]

My contribution to the 30-roung mag requirement: https://twitter.com/PaulIzzo2/status/325241796391227393/photo/1

[Starstruck]

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.

[mountainlion]

In the 1800’s people were allowed to own cannon and really all weapons of war. Gun rights were not the issue of the civil war but the NRA formed to help protect the rights of blacks in the south and have trained millions of civilians and police in gun marksmanship and gun safety. I had NRA hunters safety in High School. We need to be equally armed as criminals and police,FBI,CIA.... The government says the Constitution restricts the government? That is what it was designed for. Watch out for Agenda 21!

[chris37]

I do.

My government is facilitating the ability of deadly Islamic terrorists to have free run in my country while at the same time it wages war against its own law abiding citizens.

I need 30 round magazines.

[Apple Blossom]

When someone asks how many rounds I need, I tell them I need one more round than whoever is shooting at me. Whatever it takes to protect myself. We can’t count on the criminal to follow the rules when it comes to gun laws.

[expat1000]

>>wonder how many are full-auto?

I would think all were selective fire.

[kenmcg]

They say the 2nd amendment is the last defense against tyranny.......no way with the firearms restrictions on citizens.

[dearolddad]

Why do Harry and Nancy plus the rest of that heard of buffoons need to be driven around in a two ton SUV? Couldn’t they get from point A to point B just as easily in a in a Cooper mini?

[kiryandil]

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.

The police need assault weapons & 30-round clips magazines because they're at war.

I'll let you figure out who they're at war with....

[Vendome]

Zactly

[smokingfrog]