I did not know this. I am glad you posted it.
I looked it up, and he told NBC News this: "“No honest man needs more than 10 rounds in any gun,” and “I never meant for simple civilians to have my 20- or 30-round mags or my folding stock.”
WOW!
That was 1992. Coincidentally, that was the year of the Rodney King riots, in which truck driver Reginald Denny was pulled from his truck and beaten by a racist mob no intelligent person would try to face with 10 rounds. I guess Ruger was a fool when it came to understanding the law, armed conflicts, and human nature.
A buddy of mine is an Orthodox Jew, and he looks like one. He was targeted during the riots. Four black men in a car chased him waving hammers, and he had to outrun them. Who here would want to face 4 morons with hammers with 10 shots? After his 10th shot, Bill Ruger would have crapped his pants and begged like a scared little girl.
The cops often shoot dozens of rounds at people and MISS, but somehow I'm supposed to take out multiple home invaders--a common problem--with 10 shots. I don't know about everyone else, but my plan in any defensive situation is to keep shooting at threats until they can't move. Exactly like the police.
This isn't a sport, Bill, you idiot. It's not supposed to be fair. You're not supposed to give a criminal a fighting chance. If an assailant has any hope at all of survival, it means my plan is inadequate. The proper goal is to be as unfair as possible. Exactly like the military.
I do not understand how a folding stock is supposed to lead to more unjustified shootings.
What on Earth does "simple civilians" mean? Was Ruger demented or something?
Are civilians a lesser form of life?
