Comments on: It’s time for the assault weapons push again

By: Snowflakes in Hell » Blog Archive » I Really Hate Euphemisms

Snowflakes in Hell » Blog Archive » I Really Hate Euphemisms — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 17:44:54 +0000

[...] on a comment at Uncle’s site, Ron W Says: It’s always assumed that so-called “assault weapons” are [...]

By: Ron W

Ron W — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 21:33:22 +0000

It’s always assumed that so-called “assault weapons” are useful only for criminal assaults or military offensive tactics (from whence the name). Military assault weapons are full-auto and have been illegal to citizens since 1934 without an expensive and intrusive fed permit.

But the semi-auto legal weapons are great for personal self defense. They should be called self-defense rifles (or weapons) and those of us who believe in, defend and exercise the RKBA should focus on that aspect and point out repeatedly that armed self -defense is a basic human right.

By: Sebastian-PGP

Sebastian-PGP — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 21:03:02 +0000

This is the kind of reporting we can expect to see, and expect a lot of this to be used in MD.

Never mind that even if it’s more than 25 people, how many people total were murdered in Florida in the same time period. 2000? 3000?

Assault rifles are still less than 1% of the problem.

By: anon

anon — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 16:32:33 +0000

“In the past six months, assault rifles have been used to maim or kill dozens,”

Seems a pretty easy ‘fact’ to disprove. “Dozens”, plural, means more than two. Accordingly, that means at least 25 people. Anyone have access to the real numbers?

By: Sebastian

Sebastian — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 15:55:20 +0000

The press is definitely turning the heat up. I doubt they can back up any of the crap that’s flying around in this article with actual facts. Haven’t Norinco AKs been on the import ban list for years?

In Palm Beach County, 76 of 124 assault rifles confiscated and turned over to the sheriff’s office armory in the past 15 years were AK-47-style rifles, inventory records show. Of those, NORINCO manufactured more than half.

124 Assault Rifles in the past 15 years? Oh yeah… that’s a real epidemic.