Wow! A glimmer of truth in Assault Weapons Ban coverage
Here is a rather informative article on the assault weapons ban. More telling is this particular quote:
Assault weapon or not? Advocates on all sides of the issue confess to being confused. To many, the correct answer darts like a moving target somewhere between “depends on how it’s used” and “whatever the law says.”
Such questions have compelled the most ardent gun-control groups to argue against extending the assault weapons ban — at least in its present form.
“The public believes there is an assault weapons ban when there isn’t,” said Kristen Rand, legislative director for the Washington-based Violence Policy Center. “You can’t argue with a straight face that the ban has been effective.”
Even the anti-gunners are admitting the current ban is pointless.
May 5th, 2004 at 9:46 am
Of course, in the case of the VPC, their argument is: This ban is useless, so we need to make it STRONGER!
May 5th, 2004 at 10:42 am
Diane Feinstain argues with a straight face that the AWB was effective. Guess she hasn’t gotten the most recent VPC talking-points.
May 5th, 2004 at 11:09 am
VPC, et. al. have a very “nuanced” idea on the ban. It’s been very effective except when it hasn’t…
May 5th, 2004 at 2:35 pm
Of course the public believes there’s a ban… anti-freedom bastards like the VPC have been continually lying to them about what an assault weapon really is.
May 5th, 2004 at 4:00 pm
And the newspaper reporter CONSTANTLY get the details of the so-called “ban” wrong. The ban did NOT make “assault weapons” illegal. It made the manufacture of new firearms with certain features or names illegal.
I don’t know if this is because lies or just plain laziness on the part of the journalists.