Jon Stewart's plea for gun control

DJ1BigTymer said

I'm not one to blame everything on assault rifles, but those that vigorously defend ownership of these weapons either choose to ignore or just aren't aware of the shear velocity of the projectiles fired from them. A typical handgun fires a round between 700 to 1000 fps. Rifles, on the other hand, typically fires a round between 2000-4000 fps. I don't think anyone of us wants to be in an active shooter situation, but I like my chances better if that person had a handgun instead of an assault rifle.

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To be honest with you, I can do more damage with my Glock 21 in a close quarters situation than I could with my M4. I am trained to react to active threat (shooter) situations both by Military and Civ law enforcement. I would much rather use my side arm than M4 when clearing a building. In my opinion, a rifle is no good up close and personal. I would use my M4 for targets between 50 and 300 yards out, and most buidings are not that big internally. I have an M4 to stay proficient with it. We do not shoot enough with the M4, maybe due to budget concerns, so I have my own. My range quals are in the top 5% of my unit with the rifle and top 1% with my sidearm. I fire my pistol a lot more.