I intend to testify, here is my speech: It has been stated, that this law could save lives. In the event of a mass shooting, a shooter would have to reload sooner, allowing someone to stop him from killing more people. In fact, this is the main premiss this law is supposedly based on. For anyone who would believe this, I have a bridge in New York I would be happy to sell them. An un-trained shooter takes about 1 1/2 to 2 seconds to reload a pistol or rifle, a well trained shooter can reload in 1/2 second. Is anyone actually niave enough to believe, that in the chaos which ensues during a mass shooting, anyone (even close to the Shooter) could or would attemp to stop the shooting? In 1/2 to 2 seconds, it would be very unlikely anyone could stop the shooter, and if someone tried, they would become the shooter's next target! In fact neither the Colorado theater shooter, nor the Connecticutt school shooter tried to reload. According to police reports the Colorado shooter had a shotgun, a rifle, and a pistol. The Connecticutt school shooter had four pistols. The so-called large capacity magazines this bill would ban, are NOT large capacity magazines, but standard magazines. Real large capacity magazines hold 50 to 100 rounds, and are often unreliable, because they are prone to jam.Do not pass this bill, it will not prevent a single mass shooting, or reduce the number of casulties during a mass shooting. It will only burden, unnecessarily law abiding gun owners. For example I have a concealed carry permit, if passed, this law would make my expensive carry pistol illegal, because the smallest capacity magazine available for it holds 13 rounds. Please allow me to keep my pistol, thank you.
