Lawmakers deny that magazine capacity affects public safety despite obvious logic

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Gun-rights advocates point to the fact that killers obtain guns legally as evidence that regulations won’t stop massacres. They argue that mentally unstable people, not guns, are the problem. A gunman intent on killing as many people as possible obviously can massacre more of them with magazines that hold 30 rounds than with ones that hold 10 bullets. In arguing against a proposed law in Colorado to limit the capacity of ammunition clips, one lawmaker claimed that “it makes no difference to public safety if there are 10 rounds in a magazine, whether there are 15 rounds in a magazine or whether there are 30 rounds” (Frosch, 2013). — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 1145

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• CANDY: A Colorado lawmaker’s claim that 10 vs 30 bullet magazines make no difference to safety is a jaw-dropping quote great for elevator conversation.