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**Aguila Blanca** · January 9, 2013, 10:55 PM

It was reported that the Sandy Hook shooter fired 150 rounds.

I don't understand the emphasis on ammunition. Sandy Hook is the purported justification for all this furor, but how would any of the proposals have made any difference? The identify of the shooter is known. Where the firearm was purchased is known, as well as by whom and when, and it was all legal. Does it really matter if the ammunition was purchased by the shooter (who was legally of age to buy long guns and long gun ammunition) or by his mother? Does it make any difference whether the ammunition was purchased from Dick's, Cabela's, Ammo On-Line, or Jim's Bait-N-Tackle? If he fired 150 rounds and then killed himself, does it make any difference whatsoever if he left unfired ten rounds or ten thousand rounds?

January 9, 2013, 10:55 PM	#2
Aguila Blanca Staff Join Date: September 25, 2008 Location: CONUS Posts: 18,460	It was reported that the Sandy Hook shooter fired 150 rounds. I don't understand the emphasis on ammunition. Sandy Hook is the purported justification for all this furor, but how would any of the proposals have made any difference? The identify of the shooter is known. Where the firearm was purchased is known, as well as by whom and when, and it was all legal. Does it really matter if the ammunition was purchased by the shooter (who was legally of age to buy long guns and long gun ammunition) or by his mother? Does it make any difference whether the ammunition was purchased from Dick's, Cabela's, Ammo On-Line, or Jim's Bait-N-Tackle? If he fired 150 rounds and then killed himself, does it make any difference whatsoever if he left unfired ten rounds or ten thousand rounds? Last edited by Aguila Blanca; January 9, 2013 at 11:02 PM.