Names of things mean things. In the article linked, Aurora, Colorado Police Chief Dan Oates (who, by all indications, should know better) had this to say about an aspect of the case:

“All the weapons that he possessed, he possessed legally,” Oates said at the Friday evening press conference. “And all the clips that he possessed, he possessed legally. And all the ammunition that he possessed, he possessed legally.”

(emphasis mine)

Clips? Really? He had all this tactical advantage and he used clips during the shooting?

For those of you unaware of the difference (which seems to be quite a few, since the Misleading State Media seem to enjoy feeding you lies), clips hold the rounds ready for loading into either replaceable magazines or into a magazine well on the weapon (the Arisaka leaps to mind).

Need some visuals? Glad you asked:

These are clips. These are used to hold the rounds of ammunition in a state of readiness before loading into the magazine (or magazine well) of a weapon. These are the items that legislatures everywhere are crying about because they are “high capacity clips” that allow people to shoot rapidly. They want to ban these. They are morons.

These are magazines. These are the actual tools used to transport the round from a ready, pre-loaded position into the firing chamber of the weapon. It doesn’t matter what the capacity of these magazines are. With enough of them, and fast enough hands, even the dorkiest of shooters can pray and spray many more rounds of ammo than any non-armed person is ready to deal with.

In my own case (being a dorky shooter and all) I can rapidly fire all loaded rounds, release the magazine, and have another magazine seated and fire all rounds in under twenty seconds. How many rounds? Twenty Five (one in the pipe, two magazines of 12 each) – and that’s without a magazine pouch – just having the second magazine in my back pocket. What if I bought more magazines? I’m pretty sure that with magazine pouches, I could send a lot of lead downrange in a very short period of time.

I lost my point there somewhere along the way – that is, a Police Chief can’t tell the difference between a clip and a magazine? Perhaps it’s time to let someone else be in charge now … someone who is fully aware of the intricacies of how a weapon is loaded …

EDIT TO ADD

After watching this guy, I think everyone else is just slacking off.

Chat ya later…

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