No offense, but I struggle to think of a worse metric you could use to regulate guns. Bolt action hunting rifles tend to have the highest muzzle velocities, and small high-caliber handguns the lowest.
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It's fine, you're just some guy shooting from the hip on bluesky, I don't expect you to be able to write good legislation. The problem is that your typical Democratic legislator isn't doing much better.
aug 29, 2025, 6:03 pm • 2 0 • view
I specifically said muzzle velocity and magazine capacity because of bolt action rifles.
aug 29, 2025, 6:06 pm • 1 0 • view
Bite that bullet? Mmmm, tasty!
aug 29, 2025, 6:07 pm • 0 0 • view
Okay. The Ruger 10-22 shoots 22LR -- potentially deadly, but if you saw the bullet you'd think it's a pellet rifle. It generally has a 10 round magazine, and you could legislate that as a requirement. It also has a muzzle velocity of 1260 feet per second.
aug 29, 2025, 6:14 pm • 1 0 • view
The Colt 1911 is a 45 caliber handgun and was previously the standard issue sidearm of the US military. It has a 7 round capacity and a muzzle velocity with standard ammunition of ~800 feet per second. Nobody in their right mind would suggest the former is more dangerous than the latter.
aug 29, 2025, 6:14 pm • 4 0 • view
Ceterus paribus is a thing, and we can plausibly regulate multiple dimensions at once You could potentially even index them!
aug 29, 2025, 6:15 pm • 1 0 • view
Combination of "Rifle" cartridge, magazine capacity, rate of fire Not perfect but can get you close. And better than what we have
aug 29, 2025, 6:40 pm • 1 0 • view
Yes that makes sense as you would have to account for the size of the bullets as well, but these metrics are actually related to the lethality of the weapon in ways that the inclusion of grip attachments is really not.
aug 29, 2025, 6:20 pm • 0 0 • view