Yoda
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Here's an excert from a really fine post on the "Free Republic:"
"The weapons' menacing looks, coupled with the public's confusion over fully-automatic machine guns versus semi-automatic assault weapons – anything that looks like a machine gun is assumed to be a machine gun – can only increase the chance of public support for restrictions on these weapons." - Josh Sugarmann, executive director of the Violence Policy Center (VPC) - 1989
Twenty years ago, when Sugarman made the above quote, the universe of "black rifles" and those who possessed them was a small fraction of what it is today. Now, the AR-15 is the most popular rifle in the country and other military pattern semi-auto rifles are selling better than ever as well. Based on sales and common usage within the shooting community, it would not appear that the gun control lobby's demonization of semi-automatic rifles has worked as planned.
Moreover, I'm beginning to think that, to those who have believe the lie, the proliferation of semi-autos does in fact appear to be a proliferation of full-auto weapons - and the because sky has not fallen, they aren't terribly bothered by the idea....
Here's the link to the full article:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2325606/posts
The author put together some really good thoughts!
- - - Yoda
"The weapons' menacing looks, coupled with the public's confusion over fully-automatic machine guns versus semi-automatic assault weapons – anything that looks like a machine gun is assumed to be a machine gun – can only increase the chance of public support for restrictions on these weapons." - Josh Sugarmann, executive director of the Violence Policy Center (VPC) - 1989
Twenty years ago, when Sugarman made the above quote, the universe of "black rifles" and those who possessed them was a small fraction of what it is today. Now, the AR-15 is the most popular rifle in the country and other military pattern semi-auto rifles are selling better than ever as well. Based on sales and common usage within the shooting community, it would not appear that the gun control lobby's demonization of semi-automatic rifles has worked as planned.
Moreover, I'm beginning to think that, to those who have believe the lie, the proliferation of semi-autos does in fact appear to be a proliferation of full-auto weapons - and the because sky has not fallen, they aren't terribly bothered by the idea....
Here's the link to the full article:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2325606/posts
The author put together some really good thoughts!
- - - Yoda
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