LogFAQs > #896263669

Just did some "case math" on the topic of high-capacity magazines as it applies to the most recent shooting over on SSC.

Of course, lower capacity magazines would not have stopped this attack, just slowed it down slightly. From what Ive ready, the attack lasted nearly 20 minutes, and the shooter carried more ammunition than he used.

Lower capacity magazines would have caused him to take more time to reload, but we can presume he had to reload a few times already, and none of these were used as an opportunity for someone to disarm or otherwise stop him.

How long does it take to switch magazines? 5 seconds? If we assume hes firing one round every five seconds, that means he has to reload once every 2.5 minutes with a 30 round magazine. With a 10 round magazine, he would have to reload a little less than once a minute. At 5 seconds per reload, over the course of a 20 minute shooting, that increases his needed reloads from 8 to 20, with total reload time increasing from 40 seconds to 100 seconds, meaning one minute is saved. He killed 17 people in 20 minutes, approximately one person per minute. So, in this particular case, reducing magazine size from 30 to 10 can be assumed to have saved about one life.

Is this what people have in mind when they say CONGRESS CAN STOP THIS NOW IF THEY CHOOSE TO ACT!!!
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