{"id":55565,"date":"2014-10-02T09:00:28","date_gmt":"2014-10-02T13:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=55565"},"modified":"2014-10-02T07:48:32","modified_gmt":"2014-10-02T11:48:32","slug":"stupid-gun-grabber-crap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=55565","title":{"rendered":"Stupid gun-grabber crap"},"content":{"rendered":"

James sends us a link to a Fiscal Times<\/a> article by Maureen Mackey from a few months ago. She’s worried that the Army’s hunt for a new handgun to replace the M9 will result in more powerful handguns on the market;<\/p>\n

At issue, though, is that \u201cthe last time the military challenged the industry to make a better handgun, all the innovations intended for the battlefield also ended up in the consumer market, and the severity of civilian shootings soared,\u201d writes Matt Valentine in The Atlantic. He explains:<\/p>\n

Studying gunshot injuries in the D.C. area in the 1980s, Daniel Webster of Johns Hopkins University noticed an alarming trend \u2013 as time went on, more and more patients were arriving at the emergency room with multiple bullet wounds. In 1983, at the beginning of the study period, only about a quarter of gunshot patients had multiple injuries, but in the last two years of the study, that proportion had risen to 43 percent.<\/p>\n

Over the same period, semiautomatic pistols with a capacity of 15-rounds (or more) were replacing six-shot revolvers as the most popular firearms in the country. It\u2019s not difficult to see the correlation \u2013 more bullets in the guns, more bullets in the victims.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

So, because the Army bought the larger capacity M9 and scrapped the venerable M1911, criminals went out and bought larger capacity 9mm handguns. The Marine Corps just bought a 1911 from Colt for their special operations troops. That Colt 1911 sells for about $3000 to civilians – any of you want to spend 3 bills on a 1911? Yes, I’d like to own one, even though I have six other 1911s in my gun safe, but I don’t want it so much that I’ll lay out what most people make in a month for one.<\/p>\n

The M9 had been around for years, there were always higher capacity 9mm handguns before the Army made one of their biggest mistakes and bought it. How many criminals were even aware that the Army bought the M9? Besides, 9mm is only good for killing Europeans – that’s probably why there more victims with multiple wounds. Are the criminals keeping up on the progress of the Army’s testing of handguns by reading Army Times? Their subscription numbers indicate otherwise.<\/p>\n

If the Army buys a new handgun, it will probably be a 1911 which has been around since, well 1911. Like I said, I own six because I like it and the Army likes it, too. It will probably fire basically the same 230-grain full metal jacket bullet that it fired in 1911, it will probably be the eight-round magazine version instead of the 7-round model. But there won’t be any trend that will effect the types of guns found on the street at crime scenes.<\/p>\n

Apparently, Ms. Mackey thinks that gun owners are sheep who can’t think for ourselves. Even if the Army buys a gun that is not a .45 caliber 1911, I’m not going to sell off my 1911s to buy the newer, sexier, Army-approved handgun at $3000\/pop. The Army’s cchoice of handgun will probably be a political decision more than a performance issue. After all, they’re replacing the M9 which they thought was a good idea 30 years ago.<\/p>\n

And, I’ve owned the shotgun I got when I was 14 for 45 years and never once have I been accused or convicted of a gun crime. So take a breath Ms. Mackey. Even if the Army’s choice was an influence on gun owners, what, exactly does she suggest? That the Army stop shopping for guns?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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