The tragic shooting in Tucson had two curious aftereffects according to yesterday's "USA Today". Gunshops are selling out of "extended magazines" that allow Glock pistols (like the one used by Jared Loughner) to fire extra rounds. Also, Shooting Ranges have been busier than usual. Owners report that "Young people are shooting and seeing how fast they can change clips."
Veterans of the Viet Nam era have one piece of advice to those young people at the shooting range - Duct Tape. If you lined up two M-16 magazines just right and duct taped them together, switching magazines was a cinch. Empty the first magazine in a hail of lead, release, invert, insert the second magazine and resume fire. It would take two seconds tops.
Extended magazine? You don't need no stinkin' extended magazine. A penny's worth of duct tape and you have a double magazine!
That's the problem with psychotic serial killer imitators nowadays. They rely on extended magazines and practice at the shooting range when a penny's worth of duct tape gives better results.
Actually, the problem is that there may very well be psychotic serial killer imitators out there.
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