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
Deputies standing safely outside of the school are even slower!!!
If this were an Olympic event, 3x faster matters. With bullets, Lawrence, ummmm, not so much. IDIOT.
How were these idiots employed by news stations? They are just ignorant.
Absolutely remarkable stupidity.
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A gun grabber Congresswoman said that Tracer rounds are “heat seekers” and they cook the meat.
They just don’t get it. It isn’t the gun that matters, it’s the person holding it.
True. But it works because they know their intended audience.
Perhaps the greatest Comcast jackass on TV.
You know NBC, MSNBC are Comcast, right dfu?
“Also remember that Reagan was surrounded by the secret service in 1981...yet, he was shot.”
Too bad this article wasn’t written eight years ago - I would have conceded that point and called for getting rid of the secret service as they don’t serve any purpose anyway.
You really have to ask yourself are they that ignorant or do they think their watchers are?
Dispatch should have informed the deputies that there were 2 dozen Krispy Kremes inside...
And the shooter was about to eat them all.
Stupid, stupid people saying stupid things because the last stupid thing said by some other stupid person just wasn’t stupid enough
LoL. Handguns are so slow that the perps can easily dodge them LoL. I see Larry still needs to be fitted with a new straight jacket.
The need to use faster bullets!
Stupidity is apparently infinite. There is no limit to liberal stupidity.
Well, yeah, but isn’t Comcast 3x faster than Direct TV? BWAHAHAHAH
Here’s how the game is played:
Some news source puts out the lie then it is propagated across social media by individuals until it is accepted fact.
BTW, most mass shooters are not that great a shot, they just have plenty of time and no opposition in gun-free zones.
LOL... good one.
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