Va. data show drop in criminal firepower during assault gun ban http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/22/AR2011012203452.html?tid=wp_featuredstories
This makes the tacit assumption that magazine size == firepower. So the presentation implies that it doesn't make any difference how many criminals have firearms - what's important is how many of those firearms have high-capacity magazines. Worse, it implies that mass shootings are typical of unlawful shooting events. How many of the unlawful shooting events would have been less harmful if magazine capacity had been lower? Certainly, the events in which the perp's magazine had not been exhausted plus the ones in which a successful magazine change had occured (which can be done in about 2 seconds) shouldn't be counted as being limited by magazine size. This misleading data is being used to support calls for a new law on magazine size limits - with the new McCarthy-proposed legislation totally banning sale/transfer, not just new manufacture. -- --henry schaffer _______________________________________________ To post, send message to [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/firearmsregprof Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or wrongly) forward the messages to others.
