05-25-2018, 01:59 PM
(05-25-2018, 01:32 PM)fredtoast Wrote: I know you can reload before empty. I just never used the term "topping off".
I would have thought the term was descriptive enough to easily reach a conclusion as to its meaning. Oh well, we'll move on.
Quote:No doubt more lethal. OO buckshot is like getting shot 8-10 times with a .38. But I was talking about more efficient numbers wise. No matter how fast you can reload a shotgun it takes a lot more time than firing a semi auto with a 60 round magazine.
First, no one would use a sixty round magazine. They're heavy, impractical and unreliable. I wouldn't use more than 30 and no serious shooter would use anything above 40. Back to the main point, lethality is the crux of the argument for an "assault weapons" ban. I realize you are not directly advocating for such a ban, but many are and the reason given is the weapons lethality. The Parkland shooter killed 17 as opposed to the current shooter who killed 10. Cruz was given an inordinate amount of time due to the cowardly actions of Deputy "About to Retire". The Texas shooter was almost immediately engaged by law enforcement, who kept him pinned down. If the current shooter had been given the time to act that Cruz had he would have easily exceeded the numbers killed in Parkland.
Honestly, it makes me sick that I'm even having to point such noxious details out, but given the arguments of the gun control side they need to be. Any firearm is lethal, banning a type is going to have zero effect on any further shootings. Which is why we didn't hear anything about banning shotguns and revolvers after this latest shooting, because even David Hogg knows what a complete idiot he would sound like trying to make that argument.
