Would people who currently carry a single pistol carry a single revolver or feel the need to carry multiple revolvers if the proposed gun control legislation is enacted that virtually bans all simi weapons? 15/17 rounds seems standard.
No.There will be no ban or confiscation of all semiautomatic pistols. It is just more ridiculous fearmongering. Look what happened to guns after all of the freakouts when Pres. Obama was elected. Huge amounts of ammo and additional guns were sold and amazingly no one came to confiscate or ban any of those things. It was simply a temporary annoyance for those of us looking for a normal amount of 9mm rounds to take to the range.I don't know what is meant by “15/17 rounds seems standard.” Semiautomatic pistols come in multiple sizes, but magazines typically hold an even number of rounds like 6, 8, 10, 12 or 14 and one can be racked into the chamber then replaced in the magazine to get up to an odd number. For a pistol, a 16 round magazine would be quite large (and kind of heavy) to routinely carry around.My first duty pistol was a Smith & Wesson .357. I did not carry a back up pistol. I carried two speedloaders on my belt and a third one in the car. I still use speedloaders for that pistol. However, I was required to shoot my qualification course in the academy using a revolver while manually loading two rounds at a time “just in case.” If using my 9mm pistol was ever a problem for any reason, I would use my .357 with speedloaders.Although I can shoot accurately with either hand, I think that carrying two pistols of any type is a bit much unless the US suddenly goes “Mad Max.” In that case, I would make sure to have a rifle or shotgun, a couple of bows, a good stash of arrows and arrow making supplies as well.
How to stop my Charles daily shotgun from jamming?
My Charles daily jams every shot. It's jamming in the receiver right where it's supposed to eject. How can I stop it from doing this? Even 3inch high brass jams
Why is it rare for protesters to use their firearms in the USA, even though they are allowed to carry guns, while deadly force is common among protesters in developing countries with strict gun control?
False premise. Deadly force is NOT common among protesters in developing countries.Protest in any form is uncommon in developing countries.You’re being misled by the fact that in a world of about 7.5 billion people, there might be a violent confrontation happening somewhere at any given time.Why is protest so uncommon? Because most people are focused on living their daily lives, and trying to get by in a world that hasn’t done them any favours. When they finally do protest, it’s generally because conditions have become intolerable for them.The stakes are higher right from the start.Conditions generally become intolerable under governments that are either unable or unwilling to care about their welfare. These kinds of governments as often as not find themselves relying on badly trained police and military to control large crowds of people.There’s no tradition of collective action, which means that protests are often poorly organised and lacking in cohesion. The same can be said of the people tasked with maintaining order.In virtually every case, the use of deadly force begins—and most often ends—with those tasked with maintaining law and order.Respectfully, your question is wrong in almost every respect.Historically, American protesters carrying firearms did use them on a fairly frequent basis. Take for example the nativist Know Nothing movement in the 19th Century. They started running gun battles outside polling stations when they tried to shut down the immigrant vote.Take a look at Kansas in the months before the Civil War. Outright insurrection.Take a look at the countless lynchings throughout the South during the Jim Crow era. Shotguns, rifles and pistols were often present and frequently used.Remarkably, the group that showed the most restraint in the early days of organised protest were the veterans who marched for their pension rights in 1932, and got dispersed by cavalry, infantry and tanks, commanded by Douglas MacArthur.Violence—including gun violence—in American protest is more common than in many other countries between 1850 and the present day. It’s only in recent years that peaceful protest became common and accepted. And that is largely due to the police and military receiving extensive training on peaceful means of maintaining order.In summary: violence at protests is closely related with the tactics and methods used by police and military in responding to the protesters.
Do drones pose more of a threat to airport operations than laser pointers?
Do drones pose more of a threat to airport operations than laser pointers?Well, let's think about it for a minute.A laser pointer can certainly mess with a pilot's vision. That's more of a problem for pilots of small aircraft trying to land than commercial. Those modern passenger jets almost fly themselves and the pilots train for flying blind, so not much problem there.Drones. Small ones under about a pound are on par with a bug on the windscreen, if less likely to smear all over.Crank that up a bit to the usual DJI style consumer drone weighing three or four pounds and things start to get interesting. Impacts to wings, fuselage, or windscreen may cause minimal damage but immediate return to the runway would be prudent. Still bug on the windscreen, but possibly smeared all over and with potential for interference with avionics.Sucking one into an engine will be merely expensive at best, if the battery doesn't pull a runaway discharge. Vagisil won't help in that case. I don't know of any physical tests of this: the parts of the drone communities I follow tend to let the question slide.I suspect that the battery will be shredded too quickly to go explosive, so that seems unlikely to cause engine fires. So best case for a drone in an engine is a full workup intake to exhaust. Worst case? One dead, very expensive engine, on fire in flight due to damage caused by a half pound of electronics and a few ounces of very strong magnets bouncing around inside. In flight. With possible bits of engine enjoying extravehicular activities, possibly attempting to enter the cabin and cockpit at high rates of speed.And that's just for the box stock drones that haven't had jamming hardware or GPS spoofing gear installed, or firearms or explosives attached, or other low tech improvisations added.
Why are firearms so expensive in the US? Surely they can be made for less.
They can be, and often are… as long as you are willing to lower your standards…Meet the Hi-Point 9mm.Hi-Point® FirearmsHi-points are famous, perhaps infamous, for being very inexpensive. They achieve this by using molded and cast parts made of generally lower quality materials that are only as strong as they need to be to work.Are they good guns? Well, that depends on your definition of “good”. They are heavy, uncomfortable in the hand, difficult to operate, hard to carry concealed, have generally lower capacity, are less durable, and are widely considered inferior to just about any other new gun and most used guns available today.That said, they also won't blow up in your hand, are accurate enough to hit a human sized target at typical self-defense distances, are available in commonly used defensive calibers, have a written lifetime warranty (No, really!) and have a surprising reputation for reliability— meaning that if you load it with good ammunition and hold on tightly they will usually fire and cycle the next round properly without failure… usually. Their Customer Service department also has a reputation for outstanding service, possibly an effect of having no illusions about the product they produce. All that and they can be bought new for often less than $170 U.S.So if you must make a choice between protecting yourself and your family or being able to feed that family this month, they just might suffice. If money isn't quite that tight, then be willing to spend a little more and you can likely find a better quality gun either new or used, but it will cost more. As the saying goes, you get what you pay for.