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doofus47 · January 10, 2013, 02:51 PM

I've pointed out these numbers to people. Shock and disbelief follow. Easy prejudice doesn't mix well with cold facts.

As long as your doing our homework for us:
do the UCR stats that the FBI collects measure shots/homicide. I'm asking b/c I have a feeling that the number of bullets used in the average homicide is going to come up short of 10. Meaning: small capacity magazines aren't going to stop any meaningful percentage of handgun murders.

I think that the NYPD does the only large (annual) study of how many bullets are fired in an "average" shooting incident.

January 10, 2013, 02:51 PM	#20
doofus47 Senior Member Join Date: June 9, 2010 Location: live in a in a house when i'm not in a tent Posts: 2,483	I've pointed out these numbers to people. Shock and disbelief follow. Easy prejudice doesn't mix well with cold facts. As long as your doing our homework for us: do the UCR stats that the FBI collects measure shots/homicide. I'm asking b/c I have a feeling that the number of bullets used in the average homicide is going to come up short of 10. Meaning: small capacity magazines aren't going to stop any meaningful percentage of handgun murders. I think that the NYPD does the only large (annual) study of how many bullets are fired in an "average" shooting incident. __________________ I'm right about the metric system 3/4 of the time.