The Gun Control Thread

[lesfunk]

It's a trick question because they are the SAME GUN.

[DONNIEP]

No - one is a military "look-a-like" weapon and is therefore inherently more dangerous and 1 million times more lethal.

[FORD]

But a handgun with a lanyard loop would qualify as having one "military" characteristic.

Why in the Hell would anybody put a lanyard on a handgun?

[DONNIEP]

Why in the Hell would anybody put a lanyard on a handgun?

So no military issued handguns have lanyards?

[lesfunk]

One is a stock Ruger 10/22, probably the most ubiquitous rife of our generation. $239.00
Two is the same gun with $500 worth of cosmetic "upgrades". The mechanism, ammo, magazine, all interchangeable.
It's a .22 long rifle. A sandlot target plinker. Hardly a "military" weapon, but it sure looks scary don't it?

[lesfunk]

Why in the Hell would anybody put a lanyard on a handgun?

well, one possible scenario might be if you were on a boat and dropped your gun overboard.

[jhale667]

So no military issued handguns have lanyards?

Is that an interchangeable term for a shoulder strap as well as the usual (small) lanyard you'd wear ID in? 'Cuz I really can't see anyone with a gun strapped around their neck either...?

well, one possible scenario might be if you were on a boat and dropped your gun overboard.

One, but any other scenario sounds uncomfortable, not to mention an accident waiting to happen...

[FORD]

So no military issued handguns have lanyards?

Damned if I know. I'm not in the military. Just hard to picture the practicality of such a thing though....

[lesfunk]

Is that an interchangeable term for a shoulder strap as well as the usual (small) lanyard you'd wear ID in? 'Cuz I really can't see anyone with a gun strapped around their neck either...?



One, but any other scenario sounds uncomfortable, not to mention an accident waiting to happen...

running, horseback riding, hiking, climbing, or jumping, lanyards secure handguns to their owners. Negatively, lanyards snag on branches or provide handholds for opponents.
The wisdom of lanyard use depends on the weapon carrying environment.

[DONNIEP]

Why in the Hell would anybody put a lanyard on a handgun?

Weapon retention? And yes, there are manufacturers who make faithful reproductions of the 1911 with lanyard loops. A lanyard loop is most definitely a military characteristic. And that's not the only handgun that can be purchased with a lanyard loop.

My point is that one "military characteristic"' does not affect the lethality of a weapon.

[FORD]

well, one possible scenario might be if you were on a boat and dropped your gun overboard.

Wouldn't it just make more sense to have a holster that has a fastener of some sort on it, to hold the gun in place, so it wouldn't fall in the water to begin with?

[lesfunk]

Wouldn't it just make more sense to have a holster that has a fastener of some sort on it, to hold the gun in place, so it wouldn't fall in the water to begin with?

The gun would not drop out of a holster but It could be dropped while holding in the hand
But let's not talk about lanyards. Donnies point was made

[FORD]

Weapon retention? And yes, there are manufacturers who make faithful reproductions of the 1911 with lanyard loops. A lanyard loop is most definitely a military characteristic. And that's not the only handgun that can be purchased with a lanyard loop.

My point is that one "military characteristic"' does not affect the lethality of a weapon.

I doubt that anybody would confuse a 1911 model handgun with a military assault rifle.

[DONNIEP]

Wouldn't it just make more sense to have a holster that has a fastener of some sort on it, to hold the gun in place, so it wouldn't fall in the water to begin with?

We're talking military characteristic here. And yes, the military issues Beretta 9 mils with lanyard loops.

[DONNIEP]

I doubt that anybody would confuse a 1911 model handgun with a military assault rifle.

Agreed. But for practical purposes a 7 round clip-wielding-1911-armed psycho could carry out the same abomination as the Most recent nutbag.