You all know how I feel about guns (short version, they’re okay by me, but don’t point them my way), but I don’t understand why the sale and manufacture of clips to hold large amounts of ammunition for handguns is allowed.

What legitimate need does it fulfill? Hunting? Not with a handgun. Home defense? What, 9 or 11 bullets won’t do? Militia duties? Again, not with a handgun.

The combination of an easily hidden handgun and a large clip of ammunition increased the scope of Saturday’s tragedy.

So, why? What legitimate purpose did the availability of that clip serve?

(Yes, yes, I know that the ammunition clip didn’t kill and injure the people at that event, that the shooter did. But he wouldn’t have killed or injured as many people without that clip.)

My thoughts are with the friends, families, and victims.