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
These are the people who would influence us, the public, to do the right thing because they and only they know what is the right thing
In education, politics, war and peace, taxes, economics, etc.
But if you are knowledgeable in any of the matters they would instruct you, such as aviation, guns, shooting, equitation...an endless list, you immediately recognize that they are all blowhards who really have no idea how things really work.
During Desert Storm SNL did a skit parodying the total lack of knowledge shown by the media in Saudi during Schwartzkopf’s pressers. The parody was only slightly funnier than the real pressers. Looks like the media has not only maintained that level of stupidity, tgey have raised it to new heights.
Was she hit in the head with one?
Yes it still rocks. Good storyline. I hope it never gets re made.
The most dangerous person in the world is a Dumbass who doesn’t know they are a Dumbass!
Does having an AR-15 allow you to dodge “slow moving” bullets?
Just wondering....
Well, with a handgun you can just duck.
Just d-mn.
Thanks doug from upland.
Too slow? What a moron.
When we went out on special ops in Vietnam, we frequently used .22LR subsonics.
You don’t need hypersonic to kill. You just have to be accurate.
You have to understand this about journalists; they start college looking for a degree law let us say, they can’t cut the mustard. They then look at something like sociology. They still can’t cut the mustard. Well, maybe we can make with an Education degree and teach. Nope failed again. How to stay in school and get mom and dad, plus the taxpayer to keep funding me so I don’t have to find a real job? Journalism!!!! And for some reason they are able to graduate with something close to a 3.5-3.8 GPA. That tells you all you really need to know about their intelligence and what is required to pass journalism.
Indians took out a lot of soldiers
with bows and arrows....how fast do they
travel? These people confound me.
Flight time of the bullet is not the limiting factor, here.
You really have to ask yourself are they that ignorant or do they think their watchers are?
Both?
Two weeks ago politicians wanted to ban tide pods because teenagers were so stupid they were eating them. Now these same politicians are telling us we have to listen to the same teenagers because they are experts on guns.
After all, it is in print, right before their eyes.
Truly, they as a group never swung a hammer onto a nail, turned a wrench, started, or put out a fire, threw a ball, fired a firearm, shot an arrow, thought freely and independently, ever.
AR-15s fire especially fast because they are equipped with the dreaded Shoulder Thing That Goes Up.
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