---Neither is shooting 10 people.
---Weapons are called 'force multipliers'. When it's you and someone else and they have a weapon with 15 rounds it's 15:0.
---I'm referring to people with weapons. Not people.
---You START by doing something, anything. As time goes on those weapons will matriculate out of genpop.
---You don't need a high capacity, over penetration, long rifle.
--Can you actually effectively use a long or short barrel rifle with high capacity mag sitting in the drivers seat of a car.
--I keep a can of bear spray. With the upside being that I'm at better odds of not hesitating to use it and if my kid gets a hold of it not blowing the back of the skull out.
No, shooting ten people isn't sane and I have posted many times that shooting people, whether targeted or randomly, isn't sane- mass shootings are anything but sane.
Force multiplier or not, if someone has a decent arm and plenty of hard/sharp things to throw, they can fend off someone with a gun at short distance.
The difference between most people and people with a weapon- if they have a weapon, they're either prepared to defend themselves against trouble or intending to cause trouble. If someone intends to cause trouble and they're motivated enough, most laws will do nothing to stop them.
WRT that 14 year old who had the high capacity magazine, they're already illegal, how and why would you want to just wait until they 'matriculate' out of genpop? How does that word even apply to this?
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YOU might not need a high powered rifle, but imagine living in an area where crackheads and meth heads frequently break into homes while on those drugs. PCP is still in use, too. If you shoot someone who's on one of these, one shot won't usually stop them. For that matter, multiple shots won't, unless something vital is hit. Ever see someone who had injected Cocaine when they're in a fight? They don't feel much, if any, pain. I saw one when he was shoplifting from a Sears store when I worked at a stereo store n a mall- he was not giving up, even when he had two cops hanging on for dear life. If this had happened more recently, he might have had a gun and people would have been shot. Gun use, even by criminals, was far less frequent in the early-'80s.
What changed? People changed.
Yes, a long gun can be used when in the driver's seat of a car. Hard to use it to shoot someone IN the car, but easy to shoot people outside, like when they spray a house as a way to take revenge, whether it's the correct address, or not. Can also spray bullets at cars- that happens frequently and often, the shooter is halfway out of a window, sometimes, sitting on the ledge. The shooter in this video fired at the other car with his hand out of the window (he was in the car at the right)-
The events that unfolded began with an attempted gun sale/trade in an alley near 77th and Townsend, court filings state.
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Bear spray is great for keeping kids from killing themselves but pretty useless at any distance over about 30'. Great for up close & personal, unless the attacker has a weapon and they have been exposed to it before. Most who served in the military have been exposed to various gases used for controlling people, like pepper sprays, tear gas, etc. Also, if you think the other guy will be the only one who's affected by your bear spray, guess again. Anyone nearby is gonna get a snootfull and even if a tiny amount is released, it's some nasty stuff. I hope you never need to use it.
Most people justify the gun(s) they have for bullshyte reasons. Need has replaced 'want' for millions and that, along with not maintaining a safe place to store their guns, is one of the min causes of death for thousands of people. The number of stolen guns has risen because:
People are stupid
People become complacent
People assume nobody will break into their house (ironic, because that's a common reason used for buying them)
People are opportunistic and will take whatever is easy, even if they know it will lead to someone's death
People are insecure and feel the need to act like some kind of Rambo character when they talk about or handle guns. The latter leads to a lot of shootings, sometimes death.
People think they can handle weapons safely, even if they're drunk or on drugs. They can't and often don't.
