Rep. Carolyn “Shoulder Thing That Goes Up” McCarthy (D-NY) has introduced H.R. 308 “to prohibit the transfer or possession of large capacity ammunition feeding devices, and for other purposes.”

Contact your Congress-critter, tell them how you feel about this.

This is misguided and will only serve to cripple law-abiding citizens. It will not stop crazy. It will not stop evil people from doing evil things. It will cripple good guys from being able to do good things. Consider Business Week Magazine’s recent article about Glock:

Walter garaged his RV and began zooming around in a Porsche, pitching the Glock to force after force. In late 1986 the Miami Police Dept. ordered 1,100 pistols, followed closely by Dallas, San Francisco, and others. “It’s the wave of the future,” said the chief in Minneapolis, who authorized Glocks for his officers. In December 1986, Curtiss Spanos, a cop in Howard County, Md., fired 16 rounds in a 30-minute pursuit of two armed robbery suspects. The Glock saved his life and his partner’s, he told The Washington Post. “There would be two dead officers if I didn’t have the 9 millimeter gun.”

And that from an article with an anti-gun bias.

Sure, that’s police. What about civilians? Well, Tom Givens has had nearly 60 students — private citizens — involved in and that survived incidents because they were carrying their gun. Tom has a presentation that highlights 10 of the incidents and of those while the average number of shots fired was about 4 rounds, the high end was 11. Eleven. So a good guy might be dead today if he was arbitrarily limited, and a bad guy would still be out there doing bad things.

Furthermore, if the legislation understands that capacity matters — because they’re making an exception for law enforcement — why are We The People being subject to this? Are we not as deserving of the ability to protect ourselves and our family? Do they consider us incapable of being responsible and being able to stop evil?  The acts of one lunatic and we need to cripple the millions of other law-abiding citizens?

Once again, Suzanna Gratia-Hupp said it best:

 

How a politician stands on the Second Amendment tells you how he or she views you as an individual… as a trustworthy and productive citizen, or as part of an unruly crowd that needs to be lorded over, controlled, supervised, and taken care of.