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
Unbelievable. And people eat this crap up and believe it to be true! They are making every excuse in the world for the cop that cowardly saved himself by sacrificing the unarmed children!!!
Just explain to him that when you see the bullet coming move out of the way.
What’s to slow are Broward County deputies.
LOL, OMG HOW DUMB!
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It's popcorn-snacking hilarious! These guys don't even realize just what buffoons they're showing themselves to be!
I hope they keep it up. Then MSNBC's ratings will just keep dropping.
I’d like to see it.
I challenge any news anchor in the MSM to outrun one of my “slow” hand gun bullets. Heck, I’ll even let them try to outrun a subsonic .22 long rifle bullet.
Absolutely remarkable stupidity.
Yea you got that right!
Suppressive fire in a hallway packed with students is a bit of an issue
I’ll even give them a good head start. . . Say 50 feet or so.
Just imagine what they would be saying if there was in reality Star Wars type of blasters.
I should get myself a 7.5 FK Brno. Silly me - I didn't know that bullet speed was the only thing that mattered, but this handgun boasts 2000 fps. Too bad it still loses automatically against the 3,900 fps .204 Ruger.
Just another Democrat running lose
And the shoulder thing that goes up.
Giving Moron a bad name!
Maybe these dolts think the object is to shoot the offending bullets out of the air. Everybody knows that shotguns are better for shooting flying objects...
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