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The Z-man sent me this link. Pretty good read from a narcotics officer and army reservist. He attacks the ridiculous discusions about the assualt weapons ban and explains why it was a worthless piece of feal good legislation to begin with.
Earlier this month, Title XI of the Federal Violent Crime Control Act, better known as the Assault Weapon Ban, enacted a decade ago, expired. There was a massive outcry in the media about how, now that the ban has expired, anyone can run down to the local sporting good store and buy a machine gun. Well, they're right. Sort of.
The Assault Weapon Ban had no impact on a person's ability to legally own a Class III weapon. Anyone, provided they have a clean criminal background, who sends a couple of hundred bucks and the correct forms in to the ATF, can legally own a fully automatic weapon. Same as before the ban. Same as during the ban. Shocking, isn't it?
See, the ban was a feel-good piece of legislation tacked onto the Crime Bill. It was touted to the public as the answer to gun violence. All of those killer machine guns in the hands of children were going to be taken off the streets. School shootings and disgruntled postal worker massacres, a thing of the past. Thank you, Handgun Control Inc.
The problem with the Assault Weapon Ban was...well, everything, actually. Let's start with the name. Do you know what an assault weapon is? It's a military weapon that is capable of, by means of a selector switch, either semiautomatic or fully automatic fire. Semiautomatic fire means that each time the trigger of the weapon is pulled, a round is fired and another round is chambered. Pull the trigger again, and another round is fired. Fully automatic fire means that when the trigger is pulled multiple rounds are fired for as long as the trigger is depressed. The ban never dealt with true assault weapons. It had nothing to do with "machine guns", or fully automatic weapons. Shocking, isn't it?
The ban, misnamed though it was, was designed to eliminate a certain class of weapons deemed too deadly to be in the hands of the American public. Deemed too dangerous by certain legislators and Handgun Control Inc. In the wake of pressure by special interest groups, weapons that looked scary because they were black and had some features found on military weapons were banned.
Well, not exactly.
The Assault Weapon Ban didn't actually ban any weapons. That's right. Not a single one. Shocking, isn't it?
The Z-man sent me this link. Pretty good read from a narcotics officer and army reservist. He attacks the ridiculous discusions about the assualt weapons ban and explains why it was a worthless piece of feal good legislation to begin with.
Earlier this month, Title XI of the Federal Violent Crime Control Act, better known as the Assault Weapon Ban, enacted a decade ago, expired. There was a massive outcry in the media about how, now that the ban has expired, anyone can run down to the local sporting good store and buy a machine gun. Well, they're right. Sort of.
The Assault Weapon Ban had no impact on a person's ability to legally own a Class III weapon. Anyone, provided they have a clean criminal background, who sends a couple of hundred bucks and the correct forms in to the ATF, can legally own a fully automatic weapon. Same as before the ban. Same as during the ban. Shocking, isn't it?
See, the ban was a feel-good piece of legislation tacked onto the Crime Bill. It was touted to the public as the answer to gun violence. All of those killer machine guns in the hands of children were going to be taken off the streets. School shootings and disgruntled postal worker massacres, a thing of the past. Thank you, Handgun Control Inc.
The problem with the Assault Weapon Ban was...well, everything, actually. Let's start with the name. Do you know what an assault weapon is? It's a military weapon that is capable of, by means of a selector switch, either semiautomatic or fully automatic fire. Semiautomatic fire means that each time the trigger of the weapon is pulled, a round is fired and another round is chambered. Pull the trigger again, and another round is fired. Fully automatic fire means that when the trigger is pulled multiple rounds are fired for as long as the trigger is depressed. The ban never dealt with true assault weapons. It had nothing to do with "machine guns", or fully automatic weapons. Shocking, isn't it?
The ban, misnamed though it was, was designed to eliminate a certain class of weapons deemed too deadly to be in the hands of the American public. Deemed too dangerous by certain legislators and Handgun Control Inc. In the wake of pressure by special interest groups, weapons that looked scary because they were black and had some features found on military weapons were banned.
Well, not exactly.
The Assault Weapon Ban didn't actually ban any weapons. That's right. Not a single one. Shocking, isn't it?
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