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 ODonnell 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 ODonnell and Ruhles claims.
aThirdOfDuane @aThirdOfDuane Replying to @MSNBC It would seem that drug-testing isnt a thing at MSNBC
Also it depends on the clip, bayonet lug, and on the barrel shroud.
Funniest thing I read all week
How about setting bullets on “stun”?!
Neo/Matrix don’t ya know.
THESE are the people that we are supposed to debate/talk to about guns???
They get their knowledge of bullets from other media sources.
Easy to fix.
Argh teachers with AR-15’s.
This azzhole needs to attend a USPSA event and then tell us that.
What a fricken moron.
Libs are useless as tits on a boar hog.
MSNBC Anchor Lawrence ODonnell demonstrates why his IQ is the same as the melting point of mercury.
Imbeciles but their agenda supersedes all.
Even up to 50 yards it is probably a dead heat, after that I would give it to the rifle.
Personally, I think a gallon of gasoline would have toasted more victims.
You know, that movie is almost 20 years old and it still hauls major ass.
Well, they know their viewers. I’m sure it makes perfect sense to them.
These idiots at MSNBC can’t find their butts with two hands. Do they even know, or care how stupid they sound?
If he can demonstrate on live TV that he can fire a .223 and disable a laser sighted 9mm weapon programmed to fire at him from 25 feet away with a .25 second delay from his shot, I’ll renounce my NRA membership and vote Democrat for the rest of my life.
Facts and logic murdered by stupidity, ignorance and hatred.....
O’ Donnell is overlooking the fact that a longer barrel is easier for a cartoon bunny to plug with his finger. Same mistake made by Elmer Fudd on numerous occasions.
rifles shoot three times faster.
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Jerry Miculek also demonstrated the ability to fire five shots from a revolver on target with a S&W Model 64 ported barrel revolver in 0.57 seconds on September 25, 2003. This is slower than the record held by Ed McGivern of 0.45 sec (first shot on 9/13/1932, reproduced 4 times on 12/8/1932). Originally recorded as “two-fifths of a second”, the resolution of the timing equipment in 1932 was only 0.20 of a second, so the actual figure could have been anywhere between 0.40 and 0.45 seconds.
That is fast. Jerry also shot an AR-15 real fast, too.
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