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In reply to the discussion: If i am a teacher with a CCW and "a good guy with a gun" small enough to conceal [View all]Recursion
(56,582 posts)17. A few things
Assault weapons aren't in particular "large" (in fact, they're smaller than traditional rifles), and the size of a weapon doesn't really say anything about its power.
If you were to buy a handgun today, it would probably be a semi-automatic with a detachable magazine, which means it would have the exact same rate of fire as the assault weapon. In fact, it was normal, everyday handguns that Cho used at Virginia Tech, and these are also the weapons used in the majority of murders and the vast majority of murders by firearm.
why is there a need to manufacture the assault weapons
Because people like owning low-power light-weight rifles with external designs that are less than a half-century old.
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If i am a teacher with a CCW and "a good guy with a gun" small enough to conceal [View all]
Thinkingabout
Jan 2013
OP
I work in schools. If we put weapons in the classrooms, I will stop doing so. So will many others.
Squinch
Jan 2013
#30
Aside from inside a school, would you kill to save your own life? Just trying to understand
Flatulo
Jan 2013
#32
I work in very bad areas. I have had guns pointed at me on three occasions in the past 10 years.
Squinch
Jan 2013
#33
Thanks for sharing those stories. You certainly have had enough bad experiences with guns
Flatulo
Jan 2013
#39
Arming teachers is not a very good idea. They're just not trained for it, and I agree that a
Flatulo
Jan 2013
#3
I think the very first priority should be to protect our children. If this requires someone
Flatulo
Jan 2013
#6
And we won't spend money on textbooks, but now we're going to spend the money to arm the
Squinch
Jan 2013
#38
Are you suggesting that there is some moral wiggle room for people who go into schools and
Flatulo
Jan 2013
#42
20 meters...? 60 feet...? Ever been in a combat situation? Ever hear of "buck fever"? nt
Bigmack
Jan 2013
#27