If anyone here is truly firearms enthusiast, proud of their Country then they should never ever fall in line with those who just want to ban "assault weapons" and high capacity magazines. Even in these trying times.
If we erroneously conclude that these rifles should be surrendered, consider what will happen next.
Society will pat itself on the back for having achieved such a "common sense" measure, but then perhaps a few years down the road, an incident will occur where a deranged, disturbed, or mentally ill individual will take a bolt action with a high magnification scope up a tower, or to the top level of a building and (God forbid) start to fire. Now your favorite walnut stocked deer rifle which your grandfather gave you with that nice 3X9 with which you have taken many deer, now that rifle is a "sniper rifle". Obviously! how could we have missed it? Just look at the side by side comparison with a tactical rifle. The calibers are similar, the scopes are similar. Gov. Cuomo will emphatically rant that "no hunter needs such a high powered scope or a rifle capable of shooting at such ranges!" After all most deer shots are statistically inside of the range where a scope is necessary. This is all on paper and very "common sense." David Gregory will hold up a new black scope and say " now if we got rid of these high powered scopes, isn't it just possible that maybe a few lives could have been saved?
At least then you will still have your shotgun right? Well now come on! That's not just a duck hunting shotgun! A police department expert will clearly show on the evening news how that nice old shotgun becomes a "street sweeper" with just one minute with a hack saw, and have you noticed the increase in the quality and power of slug hunting shotgun rounds? These shotguns must be banned! After all weren't they a weapon of war in the jungles of Vietnam? We just can't let these weapons exist on the "streets" they will say.
And of course we all know that more people are killed with handguns than any other type of firearm so of course those have to go!
Pretty soon what are you left with? NOTHING. This is the true aim and goal of many, and if you don't defend and want to keep your "assault weapons" and high capacity magazines you simply aid their cause, its a slippery slope! Hold the line now for the sake of the 2nd Amendment and for Freedom.
If we erroneously conclude that these rifles should be surrendered, consider what will happen next.
Society will pat itself on the back for having achieved such a "common sense" measure, but then perhaps a few years down the road, an incident will occur where a deranged, disturbed, or mentally ill individual will take a bolt action with a high magnification scope up a tower, or to the top level of a building and (God forbid) start to fire. Now your favorite walnut stocked deer rifle which your grandfather gave you with that nice 3X9 with which you have taken many deer, now that rifle is a "sniper rifle". Obviously! how could we have missed it? Just look at the side by side comparison with a tactical rifle. The calibers are similar, the scopes are similar. Gov. Cuomo will emphatically rant that "no hunter needs such a high powered scope or a rifle capable of shooting at such ranges!" After all most deer shots are statistically inside of the range where a scope is necessary. This is all on paper and very "common sense." David Gregory will hold up a new black scope and say " now if we got rid of these high powered scopes, isn't it just possible that maybe a few lives could have been saved?
At least then you will still have your shotgun right? Well now come on! That's not just a duck hunting shotgun! A police department expert will clearly show on the evening news how that nice old shotgun becomes a "street sweeper" with just one minute with a hack saw, and have you noticed the increase in the quality and power of slug hunting shotgun rounds? These shotguns must be banned! After all weren't they a weapon of war in the jungles of Vietnam? We just can't let these weapons exist on the "streets" they will say.
And of course we all know that more people are killed with handguns than any other type of firearm so of course those have to go!
Pretty soon what are you left with? NOTHING. This is the true aim and goal of many, and if you don't defend and want to keep your "assault weapons" and high capacity magazines you simply aid their cause, its a slippery slope! Hold the line now for the sake of the 2nd Amendment and for Freedom.
