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The Assault Weapons Ban

By The Armorer on November 19, 2003 | | Comments (3)

Ya'd think a presidential candidate with pretensions of trying to woo over middle-of-the-roaders and those a few steps farther to the right (and especially those southern voters) would have some understanding of what the Assault Weapon Ban (less than 300 days 'til the Sunset!) actually does.

But nope. They don't.

It doesn't ban the weapon used by Malvo for hunting people. Though many states do ban that weapon for hunting deer - because it's ineffective!

It does ban the semi-auto version of the AK-47 (full military config) which actually happens to fire a cartridge suitable for hunting deer.

See my other rant, here.

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By Chaos Overlord on November 19, 2003 1:05 PM
Its very horrifying to me that the people that make our gun laws have NO FREAKING idea what they're talking about down to the simplest level. I did a poll around the office as to the definition of a 'semi-automatic weapon.' No one knew. NOT ONE. Most thought it was a machine gun. Even after I explained what semi-auto was many said, "So that's the same as a machine gun." Jebus. We're screwed.
 
By gunner on November 19, 2003 9:30 PM
When the CDC, a liberal organization if there ever is one, says that gun control has no effect on crime ou would think they would notice. They are to high up in the gilded tower to see reality.
 
By triticale on November 20, 2003 7:42 AM
I saw the document, since removed, on the Violence Policy Center website, on which they explained how the victim disarmament movement could exploit this ignorance. One good countermove is to always refer to the law in question as the "Scary Looking Rifle" ban, or else to use big finger quotes when saying "Assault Rifle".