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"Why do law abidding people need hi capacity magazines? Arent standard capacity ones good enough?"

Ya know, you got me to thinking, and hell, you're right. Sort of like those big ass gas tanks the SUV's have. No law abiding citizen should need more than 10 gallons of gasoline at a time, so what's up with those 25 gallon behemoths? And please now, don't expect me to fall for the...more miles can be driven...nonsense. Stop being lazy and just fill the tank every 9 gallons or so, and we'd save hundreds of lives a year when fires erupt from those high-capacity tanks exploding after an accident.

And why stop there? If the aircraft that flew into the World Trade Center had 1/10 of the fuel onboard there'd have been far less damage, so let's extend that hi-cap ban to airplanes as well. Since when did we NEED to fly nonstop from NY to LA? Layovers along the way would stimulate the economy, as well as allowing the occupants to get out for some fresh air and stretch for a time. Think of the HEALTHCARE costs we'd be saving if people weren't being turned to suet from all of that sitting.

Why GALLONS of milk, when pints would be just fine? Pints would mean fewer delivery trucks on the road, less accidents, and the energy savings would be tremendous. How's about those 4 and 6 slice toasters. The electricity WASTED, and the impact on the ENVIRONMENT caused by the burning of all that fossil fuel just to satiate a glutton for breakfast.

Pockets up the yingyang in those cargo pants? Forget it. Think of all of the land that could be used to grow food crops instead of cotton if we reduced the pocket capacity down to 3 or even 2. We could feed the world's hungry instead of making some dork look cool.

This could be huge. The best thing since sliced bread. And come to think of it, imagine what it'd mean if we sliced our own damned bread.

Contact your local Democratic politician immediately, and DEMAND low-capacity EVERYTHING. The world would be a safer place.

Think of the children, the children.