ok so this is where we broke down into confusion on facebook. I bow to your expertise on what a trained shooter can do, but doesn't a semi-automatic increase the lethal potential of an untrained whacko?
On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 9:17 AM, LRS Scout <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm saying that yes, a capable man with a 10 shot bolt gun with optics can > do far more damage than someone with a 30 round semi-auto. Trained people > don't spray and pray, we fire single aimed shots at point targets, and with > a bolt action 300 win mag you can tap people near a mile away, through > armor. Something you certainly could never do with that AR. > On Jan 10, 2013 12:10 PM, "Larry C. Lyons" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > So you're telling me that someone with a single shot bolt action rifle > > can do as much damage as an AR-15. > > > > Trained rifleman late 19th century using such a rifle (Martini-Henry > > Rifle for instance) could fire around 10-20 rounds per minute on a > > good day. A bushmaster in the hands of someone with minimal training > > is anywhere from 45 to 120 rounds per minute. > > > > BTW that chart I noted previously showed that even though Canadian > > firearms laws became increasingly more restrictive, the homicide rate > > by other means remained relatively stable or even declined. > > > > On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 11:46 AM, LRS Scout <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > It's funny, Larry mentioned several failed states and genocides > earlier. > > > However if you look to sme of the very incidents he mentions you see it > > is > > > a person with a motive that kills, not the gun. How many hundreds of > > > thousands, even millions, were killed, tortured and disfigured with > > > machetes? How many would still be alive today if they had an AK under > > the > > > bed and a pistol on the night stand? > > > On Jan 10, 2013 11:42 AM, "Jerry Barnes" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > >> > > >> "Gun control works if it's area wide.....country wide......it hasn't > > >> worked in > > >> America because it's isolated." > > >> > > >> Maybe we should mimic Mexico's gun control program. It's nationwide > and > > >> very restrictive. Works great. > > >> > > >> > > >> J > > >> > > >> - > > >> > > >> We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve > the > > >> national security objectives that we've set. We've got to have a > > civilian > > >> national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just > as > > >> well-funded. - Barack Obama > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:359926 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
