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Dec 21st, 2012 at 2:01am

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This is the best debunker I have ever read.

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Press coverage of the "assault weapon" controversy suggests that most journalists know very little about guns and are not interested in learning.

In a September 1988 report on "assault weapons" that he prepared for the Education Fund to End Handgun Violence, gun control advocate Josh Sugarmann candidly observed: "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. In addition, few people can envision a practical use for these guns."

So back in 1988, one of the nation's leading gun prohibitionists was banking on public support for restrictions on "semi-automatic assault weapons," not because Americans were informed about the guns in question, but because they were uninformed and likely to remain so. Sugarmann, now executive director of the Violence Policy Center, could rely on the public's continuing confusion because he knew he would have the help of the nation's leading news organizations. During the next few years the major TV networks, newspapers, and magazines persistently misled the public about the capabilities of "assault weapons," falsely implied that the guns have no legitimate use, and ignored the Second Amendment issues at stake. Given the intensity of this misinformation, it is hardly surprising that polls find some 70 percent of Americans support the "assault weapon" ban approved by Congress last year (1994) ...
 
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Reply #1 - Dec 21st, 2012 at 2:39am

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Heres my Special 1 of a Kind Assault Weapon !  Grin

I have a Permit to carry and a License to conseal too  Cheesy

Armed & Ready for Action  Grin

But only in the Summer months when its terribly Hott !

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Reply #2 - Dec 21st, 2012 at 3:12am

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Jetranger wrote on Dec 21st, 2012 at 2:39am:
Armed & Ready for Action... But only in the Summer months when it's terribly Hot !
You mean you're getting everyone in hot water?
   Huh Smiley


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Reply #3 - Dec 21st, 2012 at 3:17am

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no - I cool everybody Off in the summer ! Grin
 
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Reply #4 - Dec 21st, 2012 at 4:14am

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Journalists like politicians like, to think that they are carrying the flag and are purveyors of truth and justice. The truth is, like politicians, they twist the facts for personal gain. When required, tell your what they think you want to hear. Use their writings to make political statements and points of view and when it fits, just like politicians, if they think they can get away with it due to public ignorance lie through their collective teeth. Not forgetting when they do print lies, the retraction in buried deep in the back pages using the smallest print possible.....
In the UK we have a similar view of hand guns. To the press any pistol that is not a revolver is an "automatic" pistol.... Roll Eyes

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Reply #5 - Dec 22nd, 2012 at 7:12pm

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I hear you Webb. I've seen quite a few chef knives that look pretty menacing compared to a military bayonet,
but as we can see, all govs play on the ignorance of the people these days, cause our education system is a farce, and the populas gets more ignorate everyday. Hell any one with intelligance knows any object can be used as an "assault" weapon. As a Marine veteran, I'll use a q-tip to "assault" you if that's the only thing handy at the time.
Whats sad is that law abiding gun owners are being scared into leaving ther weapons at home. Look what happened to one fella who took his legally purchased gun and had a valid conceled weapons permit to the movies after that massacre in Colorado, he got arrested. If there would have been at least ONE armed person in each of these incidents, maybe they could have been stopped before so many got killed. THEY, got the people trained well, fear me if you see my 1911 on my hip, but don't worry about the insane one with weapon in hand firing away, cause the GOV will protect you. Misinformation is THERE drug THEY use to control the weakmind. Our forefathers who started the building of the US knew this could happen and gave us the rights to be able to defend ourselves, from foreign and DOMESTIC enemys, so The USA will always remain a land of freedom. There will always be insane and just plain bad and evil people on this world, and it seems with all there bogus laws already on the books, does nothing but protect those people, and leave us normal citizens in the lurch. My heart aches for all those who lost love ones, but my grief will fade, theres will last forever. Cry Cry Cry
 
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Reply #6 - Dec 22nd, 2012 at 7:47pm

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These so called assault weapons are just standard rifle bores dressed up visually to resemble military style automatic weapons. But then I think that was stated in the link.
 
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Reply #7 - Dec 22nd, 2012 at 8:43pm

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Definition of an Assault Weapon :

is when it gets taken away from you, and  YOU get beaten over the head with it !  Grin

There - you've been Assaulted with a Weapon !  Cheesy

Other wise referred to as an : "Assault Weapon" !  Roll Eyes

back in my Days a few Centuries ago, also commonly known as Pistol Whipped !  Shocked
 
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Reply #8 - Dec 23rd, 2012 at 1:19pm

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If I posted a picture of "my" assault weapon you'd all have to lock up your daughters Grin Grin Grin
Good thing I'm married and a lot calmer these days!
 
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Reply #9 - Dec 24th, 2012 at 2:53am

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ozzy72 wrote on Dec 23rd, 2012 at 1:19pm:
If I posted a picture of "my" assault weapon you'd all have to lock up your daughters Grin Grin Grin
Good thing I'm married and a lot calmer these days!



What, are pee-shooters really that dangerous.................... Grin Grin

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Reply #10 - Dec 24th, 2012 at 4:11pm

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Pea's? Matt you need a change of diet Wink
 
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Reply #11 - Dec 24th, 2012 at 4:25pm

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The item on the left is a salt weapon...>>>

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Reply #12 - Dec 24th, 2012 at 4:48pm

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Assault with a deadly condiment? Grin Grin Grin
 
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Reply #13 - Dec 25th, 2012 at 1:01am

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Dunno' but this is my Assault Weapon,

but so far this Bear I had Stuffed has Kept the Degenerate Cockroaches away !  Shocked  Shocked  Grin

I've never had a Break In, a Robbery or anything, and I leave my doors open even !  Shocked

I haven't seen a UPS or Fed Ex person in years either !  Grin

Dunno'  Grin , but fer sum reason all the Criminals and thugs never have bothered me , I have noticed, My Pet keeps getting bigger and puttin on weight recently tho !  Grin 

nobody ever comes to my House to Visit me or even say Hi, or be Neighborly ,I just don't understand whats wrong with everybody now days  Grin , I try to be friendly, but hey, just because I have this Bear out in front of my House at the Entrance to the side walk, he doesn't bite - he Chews a little bit , and kills, but other than that, he's like a teddy bear !
 
By the Way, anybody seen my Mailman lately !  Roll Eyes

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Reply #14 - Dec 25th, 2012 at 12:25pm

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Might be time for your pet to have its annual bath that is putting people off? I mean not at all scary (I have to see my face in the mirror every morning, that's scary!)
 
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