Richard Lugar, a RINO senator from Indiana, wants to reinstate the Clinton assault weapons ban.
Just so we’re clear, there is no such thing as an “assault weapon.” It’s a made-up term that’s used to scare people into believing a particular style of rifle is something that it’s not. For example, the various M16 models are assault rifles. They are select-fire rifles capable of firing in semi-automatic, three-round-burst or fully automatic modes. The AR-15, a dreaded “assault weapon,” is merely a semi-automatic rifle that happens to look like its select-fire cousins.
Since the gun ban lobby couldn’t get away with calling the AR-15, as well as other semi-auto rifles that have the same appearance as actual military rifles, an assault rifle, they coined the term”assault weapon. Assault rifle, assault weapon, see how that works.
The assault weapons ban did nothing more than ban firearms based on their cosmetic features. With a few cosmetic changes, a rifle banned by that law could be changed into one that wasn’t. I repeat, with a few cosmetic changes, a rifle could go from one that was banned to one that wasn’t.
I also want to comment on the issue of magazines. The gun ban lobby constantly refers to high-capacity magazines. That is a lie as much as assault weapon is. The magazines they refer to has high-capacity are in reality standard capacity. For example, a 15-round magazine for a Glock 22, or a 30-round magazine for an AR-15. Defining anything with a capacity of more than ten rounds as high-capacity is just another attempt to scare people.
With regard to ammunition sales, Lugar noted the increase since the shootings, which he thought was due to fears that Congress might pass more gun control legislation.
Well, no shite, Sherlock! Did he have a run-in the clue bat?
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