Why large capacity clips should not be banned...

The primary argument against  large capacity clip is they aren't needed for hunting.

ALBANY, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) – During his State of the State address on Wednesday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo made an impassioned plea to the Legislature to ignore pressure from the gun lobby and end the madness of gun violence. He sought the toughest gun laws in the nation.

He admitted he’s a gun owner himself and said he doesn’t want to stop hunters and others from owning weapons, but Cuomo tried to shame the Legislature into action with a passionate speech on gun violence, CBS 2’s Marcia Kramer reported.

“I say to you forget the extremists. It’s simple — no one hunts with an assault rifle. No one needs 10 bullets to kill a deer and too many people have died already,” Cuomo said.

Shortly after the Sandy Hook massacre, some Republican said something along the line of  "If you can't kill a deer in two shots, you don't deserve to kill a deer."  I can't remember exactly who that was. It is true you don't need a 30 shot magazine to hunt deer, but here is the problem with this argument. Most high capacity clip weapons are no hunting rifles. The AR-15 is considered a varmit gun. You can not hunt deer with it in some states because the caliber is considered too small. You could make a case for needing more than 10 shots if you were trying to take down a coyote pack as opposed to deer hunting. All of this is irrelevant. The Second Amendment has nothing to do with hunting. Here are some quotes from the people who are responsible for the Second Amendment.

The Constitution shall never be construed to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms."
- Samuel Adams

The beauty of the Second Amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it.
~Thomas Jefferson

Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the outcome of the vote.
~Benjamin Franklin


"I ask, Sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people. To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them."
George Mason
Co-author of the Second Amendment
during Virginia's Convention to Ratify the Constitution, 1788

The Second Amendment is about the safety and security of Americans in their home and the ability to resist tyranny by arms if needed.  It may be true you don't deserve a deer  if you miss twice, but is isn't true you don't deserve to live if you miss an armed intruder twice. When it comes to resisting tyranny, I am pretty sure tyrants won't limit the capacity size of their ammo clips.