Posted on 02/26/2018 1:34:23 PM PST by Kaslin
Talk about a facepalm moment. Is it the media’s stupidity or stacking sandbags because they know this National Rifle Association initiative could gain traction? You decide. The NRA wants more armed guards in schools. Teachers should be allowed to carry as well. After the tragic Sandy Hook shooting, the school board voted to approve this proposal. This is not an alien concept. A lot of schools have resource officers; Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, the site of the most recent school shooting on February 14, had such officers. They failed to engage the shooter, Nikolas Cruz. Scores of teachers in Ohio are signing up for gun training courses to obtain their concealed carry permits. So, since the NRA is akin to ISIS in the minds of the liberal media, what do you do? Well, if you’re MSNBC, apparently it’s to make the argument that handguns aren’t effective in stopping shooters, who are armed with rifles, because the bullets from pistols are too slow. I will repeat that: handgun ammunition travels so slow that its ineffective at stopping someone armed with a rifle (via Daily Caller):
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.”
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 https://t.co/heze69kRDU— MSNBC (@MSNBC) February 23, 2018
Yeah, there is a difference, but we’re talking tenths of a second here. Also, veteran J.R. Salzman seemed confused with this narrative: didn’t two Capitol Police officers stop a shooter from assassinating scores of Republicans in Alexandria as they were practicing for the annual congressional baseball game? Uh, yeah—they did. They confronted the shooter, they engaged him; he turned out to be a Bernie Sanders supporter, and they neutralized the threat. House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) was almost killed in the attack.
Where did this BS narrative come from that you can’t stop a rifle with a handgun? When has that ever been a thing? Are people’s memories really so short they don’t remember Capital Police stopping a Bernie bro with an SKS shooting at congressman on a baseball field?— J.R. Salzman (@jrsalzman) February 25, 2018
This is the reason why the media will always lose the Second Amendment fight. Millions of Americans own firearms. They know the caliber, they know its capabilities, and they also know what the proper terminology is (i.e. automatic vs. semiautomatic). I’m not talking super technical gunsmith jargon, just basic details about the gun. They know what they have and the media’s pervasive failure to learn what they’re talking about will never allow them to win over Americans they need to change the nature of gun politics. That’s because the alternative floated by the Left is straight up gun confiscation, evisceration of the Second Amendment, and the stripping of American civil rights. That’s also another reason why they’ll never win. We know their game. It’s this type of trash peddled by MSNBC that makes for great entertainment.
“MSNBC anchors are claiming that teachers armed with handguns would be unable to stop a school shooter because rifles shoot “three times faster.”
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The only handgun he ever fired would’ve been a nerf gun.
“Doesn’t much matter if the truck that hits you is going 30 mph or 90 mph, you are still gonna die.”
If the truck that hit my brother had been going 90 my brother would not have lived.
That’s the perennial joke. Guess it must be made of kryptonite.
You have an FN pistol?
I’m dreaming of one - please share your experience if you do. PM me if you like.
ONE handgun bullet to the head is HIGHLY effective, what a CRAP SANDWICH this article is!!!!!
You just have to be a quick draw to beat the rifle bullet!
The stupid; it burns!
Let's make your point, using simple college physics...
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.”
First, we do know that muzzle velocities vary among bullets from different cartridges of the same caliber, but let's just say that this "3 x faster" is correct.
Let's also say that the most common weight of a .223 bullet is 55 grains; and, that the most common weight of, say a .40 S and W pistol bullet is 165 grains.
So, 3 times as fast, and 1/3 as heavy.
And now, for people who have never heard of Newton's Second Law of Motion (raise your hand, O' Donnell) it is...
F=ma, where F = force, m = mass (weight, for Mr. O' Donnell) and a = acceleration Think feet per second, here.
Thus, 3 x speed at 1/3 mass, the .223 rifle bullet impact force is equivalent to the .40 pistol bullet. The forces of impact between the bullets of the black rifle .224 and the .40 handgun are, in fact, quite close.
There are, of course, modifying factors. The shape and type of bullets, and the distance from the target among them.
Mister O'Donnell parades his ignorance as if he were streaking it.
Now that right there is a picture of a f*****g idiot on TV.
Same folks that thik buying 2 lottery tickets doubles your odds of winning. Or how about putting a big air basw on the side of an island wouldmcquse it to tip over. The problem isn’t Lawrence O’donnal...the problem is the number of people that believe him. He should have been laughed off of the channel. Why wasn’t he? His listeners are dumber than he is.
Thanks——I absolutely DETEST this guy.
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Larry should try to outrun one of thos “slow” bullets.
I haven’t done the math, but I suspect the time difference at 30 feet is less than 1/10,000 sec. But it actually is less than that if you use the correct numbers.
I actually like Obama better than him - that says a lot!
It’s amazing how stupid people can be and still walk upright.
5.56mm
Is this loud mouth really THAT stupid?????? As one who has been hit by a gun shot, I can guarantee you it is not too slow and it will stop you. This was in Vietnam and it does move fast and does stop you. AND, if it is hollow points, I guarantee you it will stop you, slow or fast.
Wonderful sarcasm. I love it. Bravo.
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