When they start seeing the errors of their own ways, such as this poster does at Democratic Underground.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/duforum/DCForumID32/1756.html
"When someone claims that "assault weapons" are not used for self-defense, and is then provided numerous examples of self-defense by someone wielding such a weapon, what are we to conclude?
Let su consider the oft-repeated claim that no one needs an AK-47 to go deer-hunting. Anti-gun people who make that claim think that the sub-text is "no one needs a weapon as powerful as the dreaded AK-47 to shoot a deer." The reason that gun-controllers throw out the hunter-with-AK is because it makes a funny visual. We imagine some guy out in the woods dressed up like a hunter chasing down Bambi with an AK. Haha, what a knee-slapper, boy he sure showed up those gun advocates as unreasonable and ludicrous.
The argument shows a misunderstanding of both hunting and the ballistics of an AK-47. The reason that one does not hunt deer with an AK-47 is not because it is oh-so-powerful, but because it's not powerful enough. You'd want a rifle such as a Winchester in a .308 in order to kill the deer with one shot. Hunting a deer with an AK (which typically shoots a 7.62x39 mm round) is not humane. In many states, it is illegal to hunt a deer with such a gun of such small caliber and limited fpe."
When someone claims that "assault weapons" are not used for self-defense, and is then provided numerous examples of self-defense by someone wielding such a weapon, what are we to conclude?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/duforum/DCForumID32/1756.html
"When someone claims that "assault weapons" are not used for self-defense, and is then provided numerous examples of self-defense by someone wielding such a weapon, what are we to conclude?
Let su consider the oft-repeated claim that no one needs an AK-47 to go deer-hunting. Anti-gun people who make that claim think that the sub-text is "no one needs a weapon as powerful as the dreaded AK-47 to shoot a deer." The reason that gun-controllers throw out the hunter-with-AK is because it makes a funny visual. We imagine some guy out in the woods dressed up like a hunter chasing down Bambi with an AK. Haha, what a knee-slapper, boy he sure showed up those gun advocates as unreasonable and ludicrous.
The argument shows a misunderstanding of both hunting and the ballistics of an AK-47. The reason that one does not hunt deer with an AK-47 is not because it is oh-so-powerful, but because it's not powerful enough. You'd want a rifle such as a Winchester in a .308 in order to kill the deer with one shot. Hunting a deer with an AK (which typically shoots a 7.62x39 mm round) is not humane. In many states, it is illegal to hunt a deer with such a gun of such small caliber and limited fpe."