Brian McCray

Electrical and aerospace engineer, organic vegetable grower, mountaineer, combat veteran, equestrian enthusiast, motorcycle racer, airplane pilot, adventurer...

[Brian McCray @bdmccray]

@bryanboyne @KellyWRobison Even the argument about magazine capacity is dubious. Whether a person carries one 30-round magazine or three 10-round magazines, I can assure you that they are going to keep shooting until they can't. A skilled shooter can swap magazines in under a second.

[Brian McCray @bdmccray]

@bryanboyne @KellyWRobison You've been misinformed. As someone who has spent decades in military and law enforcement service, and now as a professional engineer who works on weapons system designs for the military, I think I'm more qualified than the pundits you see on television in discussing lethality.

[Brian McCray @bdmccray]

@bryanboyne @KellyWRobison Somewhere down the line we got this narrative in the media that these are battlefield weapons that should never be in the hands of civilians and that they're the reason so many people are dying. That's simply ridiculous. Any gun is capable of killing, especially at these ranges.

[Brian McCray @bdmccray]

@bryanboyne @KellyWRobison Look at what military special operations units use for clearing out small spaces. They prefer smaller guns, not larger ones. Shooting through the wall of the next room simply isn't a requirement. Maneuverability is.

[Brian McCray @bdmccray]

@bryanboyne @KellyWRobison If I were wanting to take down a lot of people in a small space, I certainly wouldn't be waving around a long rifle. I would want handguns. I would want to be able to move quickly. There are no walls to shoot through. There is no reason to precisely aim.

[Brian McCray @bdmccray]

@bryanboyne @KellyWRobison In fact, real tactical operators will tell you that these are probably not the weapons you would optimally use for entering a classroom or a shopping mall. These folks are doing it because they are copying each other. Because these weapons look intimidating.

[Brian McCray @bdmccray]

@bryanboyne @KellyWRobison Yes, they have some capabilities that make them great for the battlefield. They have a significant range, and enough power to go through many obstacles. They are fairly accurate. But these are not advantages in the types of shootings that we are talking about here.

[Brian McCray @bdmccray]

@bryanboyne @KellyWRobison The reality is that what people are mostly affected by is the aggressive *appearance* of these weapons, rather than their capabilities or uses in these types of shootings.

[Brian McCray @bdmccray]

@BfreetoByou @karenissuper @kerpen @GlennYoungkin I'm probably "old" to you, but since I helped develop parts of TCP/IP infrastructure (probably before you were born), I'll comment: Significant psychological research shows the benefits of in-office social cohesion in many types of jobs.

[Brian McCray @bdmccray]

@profgalloway Not so sure that's a bad thing, depending on what their likely major would have been. We have way too few electricians and way too many art history majors. Our economy will eventually pay for the disingenuous statement, "You can be anything you want when you grow up."

[Brian McCray @bdmccray]

@T_Extinguishers I'm pretty sure the first time someone pulls a Glock on one of your people they'll think twice about going after their next SUV.

[Brian McCray @bdmccray]

@smminco @RepSwalwell You haven't explained why that gives them the right to violate federal law and cross the border. I mean, there are all sorts of impoverished people that are hungry on the streets. Does that mean they have the right to Rob any convenience store they want? We have laws.

[Brian McCray @bdmccray]

@bentrello @RepSwalwell What do you mean they haven't come up with a single solution? They've been giving a solution for years! Build a wall so that the illegals can't get through it. What's hard to understand about that?

[Brian McCray @bdmccray]

@Ogrejob @beinlibertarian Wait, you just stated that the government made a woman's right to abortion illegal so we're just expected to glaze over this untrue statement?

[Brian McCray @bdmccray]

@CoachNip @trublaze5891 @guninvalid1 @LPTN1776 @cspan @AOC Agreed. The data shows a substantial number of women are using it as general birth control.

[Brian McCray @bdmccray]

@trublaze5891 @CoachNip @guninvalid1 @LPTN1776 @cspan @AOC I agree that conservatives can't have it both ways. You can't hide discussions about sex and birth control from kids and then wonder why they're pregnant at 16.