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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 998653" data-attributes="member: 14668">I have very little personal experience with the AR-15 platform, but what I do know is that a shooter with any level of proficiency can drop an empty mag out and have a fresh one inserted before the empty hits the floor.Had the Aurora shooter been equipped with &quot;assault weapon ban&quot; compliant 10 round mags, the outcome of this tragedy would have been the same. Remember that he had multiple weapons on his person, as well as the element of surprise on his side and a panicked and helpless crowd.There is also a school of thought that the aftermarket 100 round drum magazine he used may have actually saved lives since these mags are notorious for jamming and causing the weapon to overheat and become unfireable. The rifle was never intended to be used with such a magazine.My personal theory (and thats all it is at this point) is that he gave up because (a) his weapon malfunctioned and (b) firing multiple rounds from such a rifle indoors without hearing protection will quite literally rupture a persons eardrums and cause them to become disoriented from the concussion and muzzle blast.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="soberups, post: 998653, member: 14668"] I have very little personal experience with the AR-15 platform, but what I do know is that a shooter with any level of proficiency can drop an empty mag out and have a fresh one inserted before the empty hits the floor. Had the Aurora shooter been equipped with "assault weapon ban" compliant 10 round mags, the outcome of this tragedy would have been the same. Remember that he had multiple weapons on his person, as well as the element of surprise on his side and a panicked and helpless crowd. There is also a school of thought that the aftermarket 100 round drum magazine he used may have actually [I]saved[/I] lives since these mags are notorious for jamming and causing the weapon to overheat and become unfireable. The rifle was never intended to be used with such a magazine. My personal theory (and thats all it is at this point) is that he gave up because (a) his weapon malfunctioned and (b) firing multiple rounds from such a rifle indoors without hearing protection will quite literally rupture a persons eardrums and cause them to become disoriented from the concussion and muzzle blast. [/QUOTE]

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