"The superior man, when resting in safety, does not forget that danger may come. When in a state of security he does not forget the possibility of ruin. When all is orderly, he does not forget that disorder may come. Thus his person is not endangered, and his States and all their clans are preserved." -- Confucius

Monday, September 13, 2004

This just in from the Playing on Our Fears Department... Part 2...

Bush and Kerry Duel on Health Care, Weapons Ban

(Reuters) -- "So, tomorrow for the first time in 10 years when a killer walks into a gun shop, when a terrorist goes to a gun show somewhere in America, when they want to purchase an AK-47 or some other military assault weapon, they're going to hear one word: 'Sure,"' Kerry told supporters in Washington.

I've had it with this (alledged) life-long gun owner and hunter. This is an example of what the pro-RKBA (Right to Keep and Bear Arms) people are up against. Either Senator Kerry is pulling a CBS (and is in need of having "his ass fact-checked") or he's pulling a CBS (and is intentionally lying to mislead the American people) about what was, and what was not, covered by the so-called Assault Weapons Ban.

  • The firearms covered by the AWB were not military assault weapons.

  • Some, but not all, were semi-automatic copies of military weapons. The AR15 is the semi-auto version of the M16. The AK47 is the semi-auto version of... well, the AK47. The rest were semi-automatic firearms of their own design. (Unless I am unfamiliar with a fullauto Tek 9)

  • Most of the weapons banned under the AWB were still available during the ban. The only difference was the "evil" accessories targeted by the AWB (that did nothing to change the lethality of the firearms one bit) were removed from the designs.

  • Semi-automatic means 'One pull of the trigger = One round fired'.

  • Fully automatic means 'One pull of the trigger = Firearm continues to fire until trigger is released or the ammo is expended'.

  • ALL of the firearms banned under the AWB were semi-automatic only.

  • Military assault weapons are capable of fully automatic fire.

  • Fully automatic weapons have been heavily regulated since 1934.

  • Fully automatic weapons will still be heavily regulated tomorrow.

  • When John Kerry or any other politician tells you that tomorrow military assault weapons will be once again legal for "killers" and "terrorists" they are either ignorant or they lying to you. (Suspect the latter.)

  • It is illegal to kill (commit murder).

  • If a "killer" is going to ignore the laws against murder, they will ignore every gun control law.

  • Not a single round was fired by the Sept 11th terrorists.


If you didn't already know these points (and there are plenty of folks out there who don't) memorize them. Print them out. Carry them in your wallet (or purse or pocket or whatever). And if you find yourself in a town hall meeting with Senator Kerry, or someone like him, use the facts to nail their asses.

posted by Ohms @ 5:05 PM   |