Man, this one pulls out all the lies, misrepresentations, and hysterical nonsense. Kirby Smith on how dysfunctional and lacking in common sense American society is regarding firearms:

For the first time in 10 years, U.S. citizens are allowed to keep powerful assault weapons in their home, despite the fact that polls showed the majority of Americans supported the ban and several police chiefs expressed concern over its repeal.

Actually, citizens were allowed for the ten years during the ban, as long as the weapon was made before 1994 and there was no shortage of them. So, lie number one. Many Americans supported the ban because they thought the ban affected machine guns, which it does not and many police and police organizations also opposed the ban.

What reasonable debate could there possible be regarding the purchase of military assault weapons by U.S. civilians? These weapons should be banned, period.

Lie number two: Military assault weapons (machine guns) have been regulated since 1934. The assault weapons ban banned semi-automatic weapons that looked like military weapons. Since this idiot doesn’t even think there’s a debate on the case for purchasing military assault weapons (which this ban he covets doesn’t even address), I won’t bother making the case.

One may recall that in 1994 in San Francisco, Gian Luigi Ferri killed nine people and injured six in 20 minutes. His weapons of choice were two 9mm TEC-DC9 assault weapons with “Hell-Fire” trigger systems and a .45 caliber semi-automatic pistol loaded with explosive Winchester Black Talon bullets.

When this incident occurred, California already had an assault weapons ban. Didn’t work, did it? And, you hysterical twit, Black Talons do not explode. The only problem with Black Talons was how they were marketed. In a country fueled by soccer mom hysteria, you don’t advertise that ammunition is made to kill people, apparently. Black Talons are still available but Winchester changed the name and the marketing strategy.

Five years later the TEC-DC9 assault weapon was among the weapons used by Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold during their Columbine killing spree, which left 15 persons dead.

And when Columbine occurred, there was a federal assault weapons ban, which, like California’s, didn’t stop this crime.

The Brady Bunch, who spent the last several months issuing releases against Bush and endorsed Kerry, calls on Bush to support sensible gun policy. I agree. It should be illegal to shoot people. Sounds sensible to me but they think banning cosmetic features and guns that look like military guns is sensible. I don’t know that Bush changed his mind but the votes aren’t in the House and, after the congressional shake up, I doubt the votes are there in the senate.

Meanwhile, a real assault weapon was stolen from a policeman’s pick up.

A police commissioner in Boston obviously hasn’t bought a gun in a while:

Baltimore Police Commissioner Kevin P. Clark remarked that “nobody seems to be regulating guns.” Unfortunately, his comment is all too true.

Well, let’s see. Last gun I bought, I underwent a background check that cost me $10 and filled out some paperwork. That seems fairly regulated to me.

Kenneth Burgan sets Name withheld upon request straight regarding his lying or misrepresenting the assault weapons ban. Don’t papers fact check letters to the editor?

Posted in uncategorized on November 8th, 2004 by SayUncle | RSS 2.0 |