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jimmy the one

(2,720 posts)
33. propaGUNda film
Wed May 22, 2013, 09:21 AM
May 2013

spin: It remains my opinion based on my experience that it was a fair representation of how fast magazines can be changed and how fast semi-auto firearms can be fired by people who have some experience and practice.

How much experience lanza have? you posted in one scene propagunda where a trained shooter plastered a stationary target which wasn't moving or shooting back, nor was it screaming in terror back at him. The film presented a highly trained shooter apparently trying to get into guiness record book for fast switching guns or clips, which 'could' also be similar to a mass shooter in real life, but more likely not as trained & more prone to average fire & murphy's law. And find out tiger woods score if the crowd was able to start screaming & running around yelling all the while he's golfing.

I am a gun rights supporter but I feel that this video is realistic and not necessarily positive for the gun rights group. If anything, it may cause some gun control advocates to back banning the civilian ownership of all firearms.

To me it demonstrated MORE GUNS MORE LIES.

I posted the video for those who have little experience with firearms as many seem to believe that limiting magazine size would greatly restrict a deranged person's ability to kill a large number of people with a firearm.

Didn't work ON THIS FORUM. Nobody here should believe what spin is spinning in the sentence above. Limiting magazine/clip size would indeed HINDER & in some cases GREATLY RESTRICT a deranged person's ability to kill a large number of people with a gun. Spin takes the extreme case of someone getting 'optimum results' & applying it to the general gunnut population - and as if the ban was expected to be an absolute solution.

I do support gun control measures that would help to reduce the problem such as universal background checks, stronger enforcement of existing gun laws and steeper penalties for those caught engaging in the straw purchase..
Obviously our mental health care system has problems...
We should reexamine of our War on Drugs which we lost years ago...
Although I support gun rights I abhor gun violence...
If only honest and responsible citizens were allowed to own firearms, we still would have gun violence but it would be reduced considerably...


YAWN.

What really distresses me is that I feel we had an excellent chance to pass meaningful and effective gun laws in this nation but some who overreached for another AWB effectively poisoned the water.

BULLCRAP. Take your 2nd Amendment Mythology onto RKBA. We didn't poison the water, the nra threatened to poison republican legislators if they threatened to tamper with nra's cash cows & profit margin.

Gun violence in our nation is now approaching an all time low but few people realize this.

Bullcrap takeII, although you couch it with 'approaching' which is duplicitous. Violent crime rate today is 2.5 times more than in early 60's.

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What about mental illness? flamin lib May 2013 #1
Anyone interested in the debate over banning extended magazines ... spin May 2013 #2
Why do we never see "Christy's" targets? Robb May 2013 #3
Actually the "ringer" is damn good but not not untypical of many shooters ... spin May 2013 #6
I don't think it's sound policy to rely on a malfunction for safety. Robb May 2013 #14
The young guy did have a lot of experience ... spin May 2013 #15
And I could be a world champion Robb May 2013 #21
Some people do have natural ability ... spin May 2013 #22
And if every gun owner were as calm and accurate under stress as Tiger Robb May 2013 #23
Yep. Hundreds of innocent bystanders are injured every year ... spin May 2013 #24
Ole Jim spends a lot of time practicing to shoot people. He looks so proud. What dumbass. Hoyt May 2013 #4
The reality is that "Ole Jim" probably hopes and prays that he never has to use ... spin May 2013 #8
If ole Jim doesn't have anything better to do than shoot targets resembling humans, he's a loser. Hoyt May 2013 #10
That's your opinion and you are entitled to it. ... spin May 2013 #11
I am not sure Gun Zen exists for most people. Hoyt May 2013 #13
I agree. ... spin May 2013 #16
Because most peeps ain't interested, or driven to guns. Hoyt May 2013 #17
True. What has surprised me ... spin May 2013 #18
Some people just enjoy the lethality of the "sport." Lasers or pellets are better for society. Hoyt May 2013 #19
Actually, I think that your concept is wrong. ... spin May 2013 #20
how do you prevent lead pollution from yours and the people you work with shooting lead ammo? CreekDog May 2013 #25
Lead pollution is a very serious consideration for health and environmental reasons. ... spin May 2013 #28
sensible precautions. CreekDog May 2013 #30
Lead poisoning is far more serious than most shooters realize. (n/t) spin May 2013 #32
Professional driver on a closed course, flamin lib May 2013 #5
I will agree that real life and death situations are far different than target shooting. ... spin May 2013 #7
None of it prepares you to have the target shoot back or first but I agree that the flamin lib May 2013 #9
I agree that all gun owners should be required to have safety training. ... spin May 2013 #12
That video 'realistic"? rdharma May 2013 #26
Having shot revolvers and pistols for over 40 years ... spin May 2013 #27
The video was made by a Republican Sheriff who works for Gun Site........ rdharma May 2013 #29
If you want to think that the video was faked to support gun rights groups ... spin May 2013 #31
So cool, proves that the more steps necessary the faster you can go Progressive dog May 2013 #34
propaGUNda film jimmy the one May 2013 #33
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