Lawrence O’Donnell is now the new standard bearer for the absolute stupidest thickskulled, marble-brained utterance.
O’Donnell proclaims that a bullet from an AR-15 travels 3x faster than one from a handgun so there is no way a teacher with a gun can stop a would-be murderer with the AR.
Then he points and laughs at the president and the NRA.
Yes, a bullet from a 9mm goes about 1200 feet per second.
A bullet from an AR-15 goes about 3200 feet per second.
But what in Maddow’s Beard is this guy talking about? Even if the school shooter and the teacher have a gentlemanly duel and stand back to back and go ten paces and turn and fire, if they fire accurately and at the same time they are both going to be hit.
What the hell does the speed of the bullet have to do with anything? What is this, The Matrix? Someone is going to spin out of the way of the “slow speed” 9 mm bullet?
In a close firefight the speed of the bullet is absolutely meaningless. “If only my bullet was faster,” was said by absolutely no one who was laying in a pool of blood, dying.
It’s whoever fires first and with more precision that is going to win the fire fight.
This has to be the most idiotic thing I ever heard.
HT/ Bad Brad
It’s the longer barrel you morons!
faster bullet would chip a tooth when trying to catch it, even worse if it is the killing kind that flips on contact.
slower hand gun bullet can easily be caught like on those tee vee shows
Air soft – Mach 4+
4,631 MPH
Obvious answer: Ban air soft before ar-15, rifles, handguns, in fact you need to upgrade to artillery shells at 5000+ MPH in order to get something faster. Talk about DANGER to the public.
Bullet speed really doesn’t matter when the object is to get behind the shooter and put said bullet in the back of his head.
The Left is a black hole of anti-common sense. Maybe they think reasoning with the shooter 3X’s faster than the bullet is the answer.
Lawrence sure IS dumb!
He doesn’t know about the new Winchester ammo:
“Super Duper Speedy Extra Turbo Charged 38 Special +P”
GUARANTEED FASTER!
@AbigailAdams – That got me thinking (usually problematic):
The Left is a black hole of anti-common sense and common nonsense.
Everything I know, I learned from Frank Drebin;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ItHxt_pAG0
That banging in his ear caused some permanent damage.
Riiight, and a bullet kills a hell of a lot faster, when the victims have NOTHING to defend themselves.
tom@drum – That banging in his ear is Common Sense humping the side of his head saying “He’s never gonna hear me comin!”
Larry’s logic only works with Speedy Gonzales in the cartoon world of O’Donnell…
O’Donnell really just wants the hammering to stop. 🙄
O’Donnell has a point. If the door to your classroom is 3200 feet away, and you both fire at the same time, he has an extra 1.6 seconds to dodge your bullet.
An officer with a .45 cal Glock took out two rifle bearing terrorists in Garland –
https://www.cnn.com/2015/05/05/us/texas-police-shooting-hero/index.html
There are liberals everywhere this morning wanting ole Larry to hold their beer as they try to top his stupidity in words….
Marv – Liberals don’t hold beer. They hold Chateau Haut Bages whine.
New contender
http://canadafreepress.com/article/cnns-van-jones-we-shouldnt-have-more-guns-in-schools-because-teachers-will
If it’s on a news teleprompter, and this 3rd rate Ron Burgundy reads it, it MUST be true… :dumbass:
Bob M – Heh… Ron’s bruther Larry.
Larry Burgandy –
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Burgandy
Personally, I think my chances of hitting something with either a Glock or an AR 15 from 1000 yards away are 50/50 at best, regardless of how long it takes the bullet to get there.
And yes, I watch a lot of movies where all guns are accurate at those distances, so it must be true.
@2A4ever ~ another view to CNN
http://patriotretort.com/lets-talk-garland-texas/
Idunno…Katie Couric and her Dutch ice commuters legend is the new Gold Standard for me.
A Glock 21 in the hands of a hero, advancing …. with well placed shots = scumbag down
AGAIN
http://patriotretort.com/lets-talk-garland-texas/
Okey dokey then. So I should just stand there, unarmed, because shooter has and AR and I don’t?
Hopefully this is some writer screwing LO-boy over!
Faster than a speeding bullet……Superman.
Dumber that a roofing hammer…….Larry O’Donnell
Stop the hammering! Stop talking in my ear!
I don’t understand why is the idiot in TV
He probably also believes the brief video here
https://twitter.com/Fuctupmind/status/967272229544386560
(hilarious! only 40 seconds)
“This has to be the most idiotic thing I ever heard.”
Well just hold on, it aint even November yet.
The dumbest person ever on a TV was Crazy Joe Biden when he mistook his set for a lounge chair!
If the left screams emphatically that arming teachers is NOT the correct solution – you and both know unequivocally that it IS the solution.
Remember: The left NEEDS victims to survive as an ideology.
Common sense by arming trained teachers to react with a weapon nullifies the ideology of the left because it disintegrates the idea of perpetual victimology and results in personal empowerment, personal responsibility and liberty; all of which are Kryptonite to libtards.
Bottom line: We WILL arm our teachers.
Everyone gets a gun and knows how to use it. Problem solved.
thirdtwin, different competing categories; “Ugly American Insulting an Entire Nation” and “Stupid Twerp Insulting Everyone’s Intelligence”
And I’m still going with O’Donnnell saying the stupidest thing I’ll hear in my lifetime.
I guess that’s why NVA troops always dropped their weapons and fled in terror when Americans opened up with their M-16s. Because the M-16 rounds travels faster than an AK 47 round.
Must also explain why NVA were never concerned when the M-60 opened up on them. After all, the M-60 round is slower than the M-16 round.
Imagine if O’Donnell had been a lieutenant in Viet Nam. I’m guessing he would have lasted 15 seconds in a firefight before one of his men “accidentally” tossed a hand grenade in his lap
No wait a minute, i just did some math
Let say the two weapons square off at 100 feet and both fire at exactly the same time. The round from the AR-15 would hit in about three one hundredths of a second. Meanwhile, the pistol round would take almost one tenth of a second to hit its target.
That would leave the shooter with about seven one hundredths of a second to continue on his rampage and gun down who knows how many more kids. Dozens probably
O’Donnell is right, what’s the point? No wonder those all those brave Broward County cops all stayed outside
@rick
Albert begs to differ.
http://www.loveoflifequotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Albert-Einstein-quote-on-stupidity.jpg
I believe he is absolutely RIGHT! I have seen the proof with my own eyes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kc4cBiSXoCs