One of the more comical moments in this past winter’s debates at the capitol over the various gun grab bills was when Representative Heather Martens, introducing her bill copied and pasted from Andrew Cuomo’s magazine ban bill, informed a crowd full of experienced shooters that (I’m paraphrasing closely here):<\/p>\n
Nobody needs more than seven rounds for self-defense. \u00a0Experts say the Colt .45 is the best gun for self-defense, and it holds seven rounds<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Hopefully the Colt marque will survive Rep. Martens’ endorsement. \u00a0The Colt 1911 is indeed a fine self-defense gun. \u00a0It’s also a hard gun for casual self-defense shooters to master; it’s big, and heavy, and it’s a single action piece with three safeties, any one of which the owner may bobble in the heat of the moment. \u00a0And – this is more important – it was designed to be used by guys in an\u00a0army<\/em>; when the lieutenant fires his seventh shot, he’ll have other guys in the platoon to cover him while he reloads.<\/p>\n
But that’s getting ahead of ourselves.<\/p>\n
Joe Doakes sent me this one. \u00a0 It’s an attempt to answer the question “who really needs more than seven rounds?”<\/p>\n
The answer? \u00a0Anyone who values survival:<\/p>\n