“To lawful gun owners – who I have great deal of respect for – we’re not hurting one of them. For sportsmen, we’re not hurting one. And if it prevents one child or one person from losing their life, we should do it.” N.J. Senate President Stephen Sweeney (D., Gloucester), N.J. Democrats propose limiting capacity of gun magazines [via philly.com]
John Lott is good people, he fights the good fight.
I’m glad there are people with real credential willing to run through stats and counter claims, lord knows we need them.
The term ‘law abiding gun owner’ has no meaning to an urban NJ Democrat . All of us here are criminals as far as his kind are concerned.
Respect… they keep using that word….
….but I do not think it means what they think it means.
Lord knows a killer can’t get the job done with a 10 round mag. Instead of 2 15 rounders he’ll have to carry 3 10 rounders. See how that’ll save so many lives.
Worked in columbine…. they only had 10rd mags….. and Virgina tech …
The same argument can be made for the pro gun argument. If we can save one life it should be done. If you respected our rights Mr. Sweeney(which you don’t), you wouldnt be trying to infringe upon them.
And if it prevents one child or one person from losing their life, we should do it.”
Ah, the old “If it only saves one life” canard.
“To lawful gun owners – who I have great deal of respect for – we’re not hurting one of them.
So a NJ gun owner currently using 15 round magazines in his Glock 22 isn’t “lawful”?
I agree, if it saves the life of one child; let’s limit abortion. Oh; wait a minute, we’re talking about something that actually increases the risk of death to a child; I guess that’s why statists want this; they have shown an implacable hatred of all human life; especially that of the most defenseless human among us.
Gee how about you take this TOTALLY OFF TOPIC rant over to a Right to Life board? All you will accomplish here is to annoy the pro gun people who happen to disagree with you on this issue.
Or he could be pointing out a logical inconsistency with the tired old phrase that the Left uses, “If it could save one child’s life…”
It’s a fair point – the left talks about “just one life” and then protects the likes of Kermit Gosnell who killed full-term infants and at least one adult woman.
“Lighten up, Frances.”
They’re flat-out racists. What they REALLY are into is limiting the number of BLACK babies. cf: Margaret Sanger, who said as much.
Isn’t this just a boilerplate press release with only the names and places changed?
Or in other words, we’ve heard this ALL before….
Christie scares me just as much as Obama. Another wishy-washy representative of the party machine.
Yeah, he talks tough sometimes, but I don’t think he really has any principles. He’d throw us under the bus in a New Jersey minute if he maintained his extra-large seat in the governor’s office by doing so.
Put down the lamp and back away or we will light you up!
Will this Magazine Capacity Law apply to all the king’s men as well, or just the peasants?
Ah, the old “if it saves one life” gag, classic!
The sad part is, he thinks his “If it only saves one life” canard will persuade many, many people.
The sadder part is…he’s right.
I am sick of hearing the trope, “If one child’s life could be saved…” That meme is simply an excuse not to use one’s brain. And yes, the ironic truth is that this is highly hypocritical coming from a Leftist.
In 30 years it will say THIS POOP PROSTATED SAW. Have you ever seen old people with tattoos? Keep your art on the walls. The whole tattoo craze is just more evidence of a society racing to the moral bottom.
So are they banning possession of more than 10 rd magazines? Or just the sale, transfer, and manufacture of them like MD did?
Because all that does is cause every gun store on the other side of the state border to jack up their magazine prices.
Not really a gun tattoo, but relating to the “never again” idea. I have the Polish Kotwica tattooed on the inside of my arm. Mocking the nazi blood group tattoo location. The Kotwica is a P and W formed in the shape of an anchor, meaning “Poland Fights” it was used by the Polish resistance during the Nazi occupation.
Uh, this was last season’s issue and has been resolved.
The phrase “who I have great deal of respect for” is like “with all due respect” or “I don’t me to insult you but” or so many others. When they start off like that, you know the next sentence is when they are going to screw you over. They really don’t mean the first part, they are just trying to be nice about the fact that they are going to screw you in about 2 seconds.
“Hello, my name is Chris ‘Krispy Kreme’ Christie. Is there any way I can deliver my career stillborn to the GOP Presidential primaries, so that I never rise higher than Governor of this God-forsaken and forgotten little bit of Hell that is New Jersey?”
Why, yes. Yes, there is. In fact, you may want to dust off W’s old “Mission Accomplished” banner right now.
Re:”caused 65 concealed weapon permits to be revoked”. What is going to be the disposition of the weapons represented by said permits or the physical permits themselves?
“…shall not be infringed.”
Need I really say any more?
“Huge”? The same reporter would describe a rook rifle as the Schwerer Gustav.
Why the vitriol toward the NRA? GOA or any other pro gun group is almost NEVER mentioned in any gun rights FIGHT. NRA did a helluva good job for Illinois in the right to carry(not to mention even possessing a handgun in Chicago). No fan of Christie though.
Guns are for cowards and men with a micro penis. Real men use their brains.
I guess they must have mistaken capacity for size, but even so this is pretty embarrassing. It’s not that surprising, though, especially since the five seven has been on gun control groups radar even before the fort hood shooting
I don’t like your article. You talk like a low life creeping back-shooting thug that wants respect. None of what you said is new or interesting. Obviously you copied it from a leftist know it all. In fact, your crappy article is subversive. You, who obviously know nothing about your subject, arrogantly attempt to put down professionals. Of course such a story appeals to those adolescent readers who also know nothing and therefore praise you because they think it puts them one up to try to put down their betters. I know that you have spent your crack smoking life doing the same. The fact that your crap is published on this site clues me that this site is not worth bringing up. So I bid you adieu black racist!
E Great analogy referring to home schooling. My brother did it(& still is). Deathly afraid people in the neighborhood would see his kids NOT in school. Too many public school teachers in their neighborhood. And YET they support the teachers with taxes.
And here it is… again… the “if it saves one life fallacy”
“And if it prevents one child or one person from losing their life, we should do it.”
“No free society worth its salt operates anywhere close to the principle that a law that could save “one life” is automatically worth passing, or that “actions” that result in “only saving one life” are axiomatically “worth taking.”
“banning Ibuprofen would probably save “one life” in the next few years, but that doesn’t mean we should do it”
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/337324/if-it-saves-one-life-charles-c-w-cooke
Sunday I picked up the tax stamp and suppressor for my 5.7 AR. Now i just need to find some subsonic 5.7 ammo.
Jokers are to the right…
Clowns are to the left.
” She put her foot down and stated, “one of those guns has to go!”
He should tell his wife to shut up and get back to the kitchen.
Comment moderated. Like you knew it would.
His presence did us more good than bad I think. He did a lot to de-legitimize the anti gun stance in the view of fence sitters, IMO.
None what so ever. He would have bombed if he was pro-Second Amendment. Morgan is just plain awful.
And this is exactly why I have no interest in the g42. I like a Glock just fine, but this is useless to me.
My brother in law is a psychologist that does a lot of evaluations for courts. He says most mentally ill people are not violent and it is impossible to tell which ones are unless they flat out tell you. Why paint them all as dangerous?
Another one of the “we don’t want your self defense guns”. We only want to get them out of the hands of felons, criminals & people we don’t like. & there are no criminal safe zones where the little darlings can rob stores without threat of running into dastardly concealed carriers./// You might want to save that for the mothers against illegal mayors picnic, winston, it will be a big hit.
I wonder if it will run a 10/22 without a suppressor?
It’s interesting to note that the three comments to his article all are schooling him on the meaning of a natural right in the context of the Constitution. Make of that what you will, but I think the AI are becoming proactive in a good way.
I have the G27 and thought it was going to be too much to shoot but got it anyway because I knew I could get a 357sig or 9mm barrel for it and if I got the G26 I couldnt go up. Shot a S&W Sigma in 40 (what junk it was) and it kicked like a mule. I got the gun used from a female that couldnt take the recoil at a bargain, one box of ammo through it and another box came with it. I got home and said what the heck let me shoot it before converting it. I see little, if any, difference in recoil with this and my Gen 2 G19. Just what I needed another caliber to load and carry ammo for. Actually turned out pretty good choice since for a while the only ammo you could find on the shelves was 40 S&W. It has now turned out to be my favorite Semi auto to carry. If it were a few ounces lighter It would live in my pocket but it is about 5 oz too heavy and 1/4 inch too thick, but does just fine anywhere else. Dont think it offers anything over the 9mm in power? Shoot some steel plates and watch them move with authority. I know the BG aren’t made out of steel, but it is a good seat of the pants indicator. Now all I have to worry about is the infamous kaboom you hear about on the internet. Of course this article was not about the G27 but the G26. Like I said, I was originally going to do a conversion to a G26, so as I see it, it would make a fine self defense gun. Who can’t love a gun this small that holds 11 rounds with a spare G17+2 mag as a backup.
At least you will be able to carry them now.
This is close to what a 28mm gun would feel like; although it is a rifle, not a handcannon, in .950
http://www.staged.com/video?v=q0eb
You know, the more I think about this guy the more I realize perhaps losing him is a bad thing. He did such a great job galvinizing fence sitters on the gun-rights fence via his obnoxious priggish effete British personality.
I think we will miss that.
Don’t count on Wendy Davis to uphold any of her suddenly pro-2A statements on the extremely slim chance that she’s actually elected. She’s as anti-2A as any progressive liberal.
If we finally get open carry in Texas it will be because of Abbott.
In defense of our NYFirearms group, it’s never been a question that Benjamin Wassell was being charged for selling to an admitted felon. It has nothing to do with the unSAFE act. It was illegal BEFORE they passed that garbage bill in the middle of the night.
I could probably put together more guns than that from spare parts.
Please, Lord, let .45 double actions come into popularity.
Please.
I bought 5000 .22lr at .04 each 2 years ago and I haven’t shot a round yet. They will be good barter material when obama finishes off.
HBO carries the pathetic anti-gun standard with Bryant Gumble’s Kids and Guns. The show tries to tie American civil rights to soliciting guns to children. I learned to shoot as a child under the supervision of my father. These are some of my most fond memory and HBO tries to say this irresponsible and would like it to be illegal.
So one has to ask what kind of network makes the decision to attack the US Constitution with misguided attempts to villainize American rights, heritage, and freedom of choice. It’s difficult to think how this propaganda gets approved and distributed but for the anti-gun media being in bed with those who seek to assault citizen rights. Congrats for siding with the enemy of the people HBO.