[quote=Allan from Fallbrook]SK: I’ll need to verify this, but the DailyKos article beatrix cited indicated that the Bushmaster rifle was in the car at the time of the shooting, which means the shootings were carried out with a Glock and Sig-Sauer semi-automatic pistol.
My point is this: The Bushmaster would have been banned under the Clinton-era legislation, but the pistols wouldn’t (they would, however, have been limited to 10rd magazines). As a former soldier, SK, you’re well aware of how much damage you can inflict with a handgun and how quickly magazines can be exchanged, even reduced capacity 10rd magazines.
For that matter, a 12ga pump shotgun is an equally devastating weapon close-in. You can walk into Big5 and buy a Mossberg or Remington over the counter.
You don’t need a Bushmaster, or an AK, to commit this kind of horrific act, which leaves you with a complete gun ban as the answer.[/quote]
I was watching the news much of the day on Friday, and heard that same thing repeated during the day, that the Bushmaster was found in the car. But the ME said that every body he autopsied was shot by the long gun. (I saw the interview, it wasn’t someone reporting that he said it.) And all slugs recovered from all the victims were all .223s. All with more than a single wound, the 7 he performed, all had 3-11 slugs.
Use of legal pistols only may not have prevented it from happening. But it may have reduced the number of casualties.
