That would likely work, but swapping magazines would be quicker in that case, assuming they were available.
GaryM
Yes. The stripper clips are only useful for loading magazines, which then have to be inserted into the firearm. There’s no practical way to use a stripper clip to feed an AR-15 directly (quite different from an M-1 Garand, which practically requires its clips to feed the rifle), so if you already had loaded mag, you’d just skip the step of first loading it with either stripper clips or manually, a single round at a time.
As someone noted upthread, a company made a goofy loading device that feeds rounds in through the ejection port and down into the magazine, basically as a way to ease the pain and suffering of California gun owners. That thing uses a version of a stripper clips of sorts too, but in most parts of the country it’s not what would come to mind if you asked a gun owner about “stripper clips”.
Hi. Something I wanted to mention about my original post here.
With gun control policy debates you hear questions to the effect of “Should X type of gun be banned”. Seems to me that it’s forcing a binary choice when there are actually a lot of stages between “banned” and “an 18 year old who can pass a NICS check can walk out the door with one the same day.” If you look at the regulations for Curio and Relic license holders, or for building an SBR, you can see the different possibilities where something is allowed, but with some additional steps.
Here’s an additional thing I would give to gun owners in exchange for restrictions on centerfire ammo-firing semi-autos with detachable box magazines: I’d allow purchases through the mail again, without having to go through your local FFL dealer. Sort of like how Curio and Relic license holders can buy C&R eligible firearms directly through the mail/online.
The OP offers one (1) “new” restriction, which doesn’t actually change very much; then asks for four (4) sweeteners for the gun collectors, two of which are attempts to get more sawed-offs and Uzis on the streets.
The most obvious appropriate response to this would take this thread straight to the Pit. So instead I will say: As proposed, this is not a compromise, this is a giant liberalization and gift to two constituencies of the NRA, that is, collectors and professional criminals.