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Originally Posted by Sandtrap328
Wrong! Wrong!
Imagine the Pulse nightclub at 2 a.m., strobe lights, very loud pulsating music, young people ages 19 to 35 dancing, drinking for a few hours, maybe a bit of recreational drug usage - and 70 of the 350 have loaded guns!
A few shots ring out and suddenly the inside of the club has 70 people - hyped up with alcohol, adreneline, and maybe some Ectasy - start firing in all directions in the club with fog, darkness, and strobe lights.
Sorry, Doc Boogie, that scenario is not a good one. The solution is NOT to have the AR15 type rifles or large capacity magazines available. IF Mateen had only a handgun, he could have inflicted casualities but nowhere on the scale of 49.
And the comment about not holding a person prisoner with a drawn weapon but to shoot him? In some cases, that could result in a murder charge.
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Why do you assume law abiding gun owners are going to be drinking and using drugs because they are in a bar? Have you never heard of or known a designated driver. Do you think all people that drive to a bar, drive home drunk? If we banned AR15s, then a mass shooting occurred with a shooter using a semi auto with five 30 round magazines, then you would say we need to ban semi autos or high capacity magazines. You will never ban away murder. Sensational mass murders of the Orlando style are tragic, but totally eliminating them would do little to reduce gun crime statistics.