Gun Control thread (merged many)

[August]

Originally Posted by NeonSamurai

In a sense you are right, it is not that big of a deal. But the difference was pretty damn noticeable to me. By my count of the pace of shots, he was shooting twice as fast on average with the smaller magazines, compared to the large one, and he did it with both weapons used. If that was a scientific study (which they were kind of presenting it as one) its a confound so serious it throws out all the results from that shooter. It also was a speed test, as they were timing not the reloading, but the entire sequence.

I think the take away here is that to an experienced shooter, changing magazines does not impose a significant time penalty. He can and will just shoot a bit faster with little or no corresponding loss of aim.

There is a much larger difference when it's an inexperienced shooter which would be exacerbated by fear and stress but considering the Newtown, Sikh temple, Aurora and Columbine shooters all practiced with their weapons extensively before committing their crimes so I can't see how a magazine ban would hinder them in any significant way.

Most of them were armed with more than one firearm too so the"New York reload" method was within their capabilities as well.