Did Cho use the high-capacity (33) clips or didn't he? Who knows

[thereismore]

for sure?

[Zynx]

1. Police do. Cho didn't exactly take anything he used out of the building.

[SteppingRazor]

2. Does it matter?

I'm not convinced high-capacity clips or lack thereof would even do anything, y'know? All it means is having to reload more often, and reloading an automatic handgun takes only seconds.

[thereismore]

3. It matters because the repugs repealed the ban on them. nt

[SteppingRazor]

4. OK, but, I say again...

does the availability or lack thereof of high-capacity magazines in any way affect the ability of someone to carry out something like this?

[aquart]

5. Every time he had to stop and reload was a chance to escape.

Wasn't it?

So answer your own damn question.

[Zynx]

6. You can reload a semiauto in a couple seconds if you're proficient.

It's hardly going to be that much additional time if you're not already moving.

[SteppingRazor]

8. Well, not really.

It takes only a couple seconds — at most — to reload an automatic handgun. If you want to do something about the hardware, banning high-capacity clips, scopes, stocks, and whatever other accoutrements isn't going to do anything without doing something about the guns themselves.

Things like banning high-capacity clips just allow us to pat ourselves on the back and say we did something when, really, nothing's been done.

[sam sarrha]

10. you can reload in about 3 seconds.. the real question is why didnt they close the campus, just a

domestic matter, just a woman getting killed.. not to worry

[Schema Thing]

9. lol. C'mon.

[TX-RAT]

7. Hi-caps were always available.

The ban only applied to new Mags. There were plenty of older ones and aftermarket mags abound.