Mass shooting - San Bernardino

[B_J 2,752]

You mean the bullet holder thingy??

You gun aficionados with your fancy technical terms.

[Sousuke 1,214]

In the 19th century they had harmonica guns. Basically they used a flat block of steel that was bored out 4-5 times and then they threaded cones (nipples) on the back. You could ram a ball and powder into each of the holes and it would give you extra shots. It was a stepping stone to the magazine.

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

In the 19th century they had harmonica guns. Basically they used a flat block of steel that was bored out 4-5 times and then they threaded cones (nipples) on the back. You could ram a ball and powder into each of the holes and it would give you extra shots. It was a stepping stone to the magazine.

You said nipples and the family filter did not kill it. Impressive.

[General Buhari 46]

You said nipples and the family filter did not kill it. Impressive.

In fact it's spectacular.

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

In fact it's spectacular.

I think that was a clever Seinfeld reference. If so, we'll done

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

Allow me to assist you in never feeling ashamed again!!

As with any subject, the more one knows, the more likely they are to know the correct terms. Words have different meanings, and I think English is one of the worst languages with having multiple meanings for one or similar words, such as clip/magazine, to/two/too, there, their, they're, and some family-unfriendly word that would make most cats roll over in anguish and shame.

Clips are used to package and hold rounds/shells/cartridges (not bullets) and make it easy to feed them into a magazine or weapon directly. The clip on the right below can be used to quickly fill the magazine on the left, which is then inserted into the weapon and feeds the rounds (not bullets) into the chamber.

Why do I say not bullets? The bullet/round debate. A bullet is something that is fired when the primer is struck and ignites the powder within the shell (the brass part), causing the bullet (often copper-clad as pictured below) to swiftly depart the shell, travel down the barrel, gaining some twist as it goes so that it may more accurately travel to the target (preferably not human) at some distant point. Take a shell casing, fill it with powder, finish it off with a bullet, and you have a cartridge, or "round".

Another misused term is gun nut. A gun nut is not someone who owns, shoots, or defends ownership of guns. A gun nut is someone who cares not for the life, liberty, nor the pursuit of anything of another person, and feels no compunction about using a gun to threaten, intimidate, or kill said other person. See also: "nut job", "basket case", "murderer", "criminal", "insane person", "wacked-out crack-head", etc. Basically, a person who does not respect other peoples' lives.

I hope someone finds this helpful. "Conjunction junction, what's your function?"

My favorite is when someone calls the thing that holds the bullets a "clip".

Typical response: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 Don't be a sissy boy. It's a magazine.

oh, the shame.

[Boiler 46,246]

When they introduced new laws they had the Politicians on the TV and my favourite comment was when asked about existing large capacity magazines and what would be done about those.

Advised all would be OK as they would run out as they were used up????

[lostinblue 1,989]

When they introduced new laws they had the Politicians on the TV and my favourite comment was when asked about existing large capacity magazines and what would be done about those.

Advised all would be OK as they would run out as they were used up????

[lostinblue 1,989]

[Boiler 46,246]

I think there should be a Constitutional Amendment to require an IQ of at least 50 for elected officials.

Edited December 13, 2015 by Boiler

[eieio 1,594]

I remember when I was in gun training the course instructor was upset that people used the term bullets. His said if he was going out hunting with someone and they needed to get some more bullets, he would not hunt with them because they didn't know the difference between a cartridge and a bullet.

I thought his line of reasoning was stupid then and is still stupid now. Nobody I hunt with or have hunted with or any hunters I know call them cartridges. We always say shells or bullets. Shells for shotguns and bullets for rifles. If I say I need to go buy some more .22 bullets….everyone knows what I am talking about.

Same with clips/magazines.For the most part any clip or magazine that can be removed can be called a clip and everyone will know what you are talking about, Now on a shotgun or rifle that stores the extra shells that cannot be removed from a gun….I would call that a magazine and never a clip.

Edited December 13, 2015 by eieio

[Pitaya 2,577]

I think there should be a Constitutional Amendment to require an IQ of at least 50 for elected officials.

Excellent idea! Then there may be little need for term limits.

[Rob L 3,811]

I remember when I was in gun training the course instructor was upset that people used the term bullets. His said if he was going out hunting with someone and they needed to get some more bullets, he would not hunt with them because they didn't know the difference between a cartridge and a bullet.

I thought his line of reasoning was stupid then and is still stupid now. Nobody I hunt with or have hunted with or any hunters I know call them cartridges. We always say shells or bullets. Shells for shotguns and bullets for rifles. If I say I need to go buy some more .22 bullets….everyone knows what I am talking about.

Same with clips/magazines.For the most part any clip or magazine that can be removed can be called a clip and everyone will know what you are talking about, Now on a shotgun or rifle that stores the extra shells that cannot be removed from a gun….I would call that a magazine and never a clip.

who says there is no gun culture