Gun rights activists hand out high-capacity magazines at Vermont rally

[The Legion]

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/03/31/gun-rights-activists-hand-out-high-capacity-magazines-at-vermont-rally.html

Published March 31, 2018

FoxNews.com

Gun rights activists were handing out high-capacity magazines at a rally outside the Vermont State House on Saturday to protest new legislation that would ban them and increase gun control in the state.

Hundreds of protesters gathered to urge Republican Gov. Phil Scott not to sign a new bill that would ban high-capacity magazines and bump stocks, expand background checks for private gun sales and raise the legal age for gun purchases.

The measure was approved by the State House earlier this week and then again by the Senate on Friday in a 17-13 vote.

Protesters were handed nearly 1,200 high-capacity magazines, which hold 30 rounds of ammunition. A standard-capacity magazine holds around 10 rounds, according to Congressionalsportsmen.org, though this can vary.

OUTCRY FROM GUN ADVOCATES AFTER YOUTUBE BLOCKS VIDEOS ON FIREARMS ASSEMBLY, SALE

If the bill is signed by Scott, those who already own high-capacity magazines will be allowed to keep them.

Scott has indicated that he intends to sign the bill, and though he understands the disappointment of some in Vermont, he has faith that they will “get accustomed to the new normal.”

“I think at the end of the day," he said, "they’ll soon learn that what we have proposed, what’s being passed at this time, doesn’t intrude upon the Second Amendment. It doesn’t take away guns, and I believe that we will get accustomed to the new normal, which is trying to address this underlying violence that we are seeing across the nation.”

The extensive gun legislation package came after the Parkland, Fla., school shooting on Feb. 14, in which 17 people were killed by a young gunman.

[gjohnsoniv]

I know It's being pedantic, but I'm really starting to hate hearing the term "high capacity magazine."

[bersaguy]

Well I think it first really got traction at Sandy Hook and has been a main talking point of anti-gun people ever since. I'm not understanding thw whole push behind them in the first place because anyone that really knows their way around an AR 15 or anything similar wanting to kill a bunch of defensless school children could do equal or more damage with 10 round mags if he has a vest of them on and knows his weapon and it's speed. Yes, a large capacity holds more rounds but it also makes an inexperienced shooter n a hurry not focus on targets but just throw out rounds. A shooter that had practiced with 10 round magazines is just as if not more deadly than a non experienced 30  round mag shooter. ..............JMHO

[hipower]

1 hour ago, bersaguy said:

Well I think it first really got traction at Sandy Hook and has been a main talking point of anti-gun people ever since. I'm not understanding thw whole push behind them in the first place because anyone that really knows their way around an AR 15 or anything similar wanting to kill a bunch of defensless school children could do equal or more damage with 10 round mags if he has a vest of them on and knows his weapon and it's speed. Yes, a large capacity holds more rounds but it also makes an inexperienced shooter n a hurry not focus on targets but just throw out rounds. A shooter that had practiced with 10 round magazines is just as if not more deadly than a non experienced 30  round mag shooter. ..............JMHO

That's true Doug. but we are not dealing with people who know much of anything about firearms.

Most just jump about and scream because it's the thing to do at the moment. Or they are just complete idiots. Take your pick.

[Cruel Hand Luke]

Nikolas Kruz used 10 rd mags at Parkland..........