On the Presidential campaign trail, two of America's most reactionary gun-grabbers - Joe Biden and Little Lord Fauntobama - promised that they wouldn't take away "your guns." And they weren't lying.
Mostly.
For now, it appears they only want to take away gun shop owners' guns. You see, they can't take guns from you they didn't allow you to own in the first place, now can they?
According to his website, our present-day Cedric is champing at the bit to reinstate the assault weapons ban.
AN ASSAULT WEAPON IS NOT A MACHINE GUN
For those who don't know, an "assault weapon" is basically anything that looks scary.* There's no real functional difference between an assault weapon and any other of dozens of rifles that do not – and did not – fall under the ban. In fact, assault weapons are generally less powerful than any number of hunting rifles.
Example: the AR-15 – what we now call the semi-automatic (single pull, single bullet) version of the military's M16 and M4 automatic rifles – fires a .223 caliber round. Deer hunters often can't even use rifles firing that round because it's too small to reliably fell their game.
Contrary to what Progressives tell one another, only a hunter who is joking will tell you he needs a machine gun to go hunting four-legged game. Hunters don't want to spray little bullets that won't kill their targets while scaring off everything over a mile, including their buddies. If they're going to hunt, they want one good, clean shot. It's proof of skill and more humane.
The assault weapons ban is a long-march tactic to push for more restrictions on the right of women to level the playing field with rapists, for gays to defend themselves against bashers, for the elderly to resist "youths," for the oppressed to resist the oppressors, or for our teenage children to resist intruders while they're home alone.
BUY MORE GUNS. IT ANNOYS PROGRESSIVES
So with that in mind, and Democrats – as usual, out of theirs – it's time to stock up on assault weapons and ammunition. Wednesdays are a good day to visit your local gun store: the 3-day background check will make it convenient to pick up your Liberty Tool on the weekend.
Coincidentally, this Wednesday is like May Day for people who don't hate each other's liberty. It's the 7th Annual National Buy Ammo Day.
I like to think of it as the 7th Annual International People's Buy Ammo Day, but that's just me.
Check with your local gun shops or look online for deals on all your favorite bullets. Ask your friends what kind of bullets they need, and pick up an extra box for them, too. (They're so pretty and shiny. And they make great stocking stuffers, so long as you don't actually use the fireplace. You know what also makes a great present? A conceal-carry class.)
Do it for the oppressed. Do it for the children. Do it because it was a bullet (and several of its friends) that prevented us from having to watch Che Guevara die of old age. Do it because nothing scares and irritates people who don't want you to be free from their meddling more than the reality that liberated, armed people have the final veto.
Remember to keep your ammo in a cool, dry place. Rotate the old ones out like milk. If you have kids, be responsible and educate them. Obey the law, but don't be bashful: you can burn up a lot of rounds at the range in a single day.
In fact, you should. Take classes if you're a rookie and spend rounds at the shooting range. That way, if that ugly day ever comes, you can make every shot count.
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*Progressives: please don't take my word for it. If you think the assault weapons ban is going to take evil, nasty, tank-killing fully-automatic weapons off the street for our children, then it stands to reason those weapons would be available now. Show a little moral and intellectual backbone and have a field trip at the same time: pick a gun shop at random and go see if you can find any such weapons. Pick all the gun shops, if you like. Then come back and let us all know what you find.
Comments
"assault weapon" is one of the most emotional terms anywhere. Say it and its bad. Good work from the grabbers in politicizing a phrase.
Talk bullets at a grabbers house get together and they would feel worse toward you than they would a terrorist who lives next to the President elect.
It is a 7 day wait by the way not 3. Many times the NON-DISAPPROVED stamp is sooner but you cannot pick it up for 7 days.
"When the federal assault weapons ban ended on Sept. 13, 2004, gun crimes and police killings were predicted to surge. Instead, they have declined."
articles.latimes.com/2005/jun/28/opinion/oe-lott28
www.sas.upenn.edu/jerrylee/research/aw_brief1999.pdf
Illinois/Chicago is anti-gun, because they made a deal with the CIA in 1968. The deal was no major CIA created terrorism in Illinois/Wisconsin, in exchange for the region being anti-gun.
The CIA stated the NEED to GET RID OF PRIVATE GUN OWNERSHIP TO CREATE A CIA RUN DICTATORSHIP!
About 9 years later (1977), Hollywood celebs made a similar deal for the west coast. That is why sooo many celebs are anti-gun ownership.
This why Rosie O'Donnell and many other celebs are 100% certain that 9-11 was done by muslims AND the CIA, with help from Hollywood bigshots!
Hollywood also tried to get the Soviets to invade the USA, and I know this because I was the person who stopped 5 Soviet invasions of the USA (1971-1991)!!
There is no wait in NC with a concealed carry permit
Just so you know we now have an instant check systm so no 3 day waiting period.
Amos, great commentary. Uninformed peoples fear of AW's are totally unfounded. AW bans are nothing more than feel good bans for politicians/gun haters. By the way bro, my hunting rifle is a DPMS .308, not a .223 and I only "NEED"(sarc) one shot to harvest a whitetail. Thank you very much for a common sense article on semi-auto firearms, keep up the great work. JD, Bismarck ND
Charles P: Yo9u are a bonafide screwball. Sincerely, Jimmyjet
The waiting period varies from state to state. Here in Ky, we do not have a waiting period. We use the NICS. IF you have a CCDW permit, you do not even go throught the NICS.
Amos,
great article and to the point! As a member of the NRA and the ISRA we have a battle on our hands with these poloticians who want to impose their agendas. Always wanting to put feel good band-aids on the cancer they have created. The 2nd amendment was not meant to be interpeted, it was put there to protect us from a Tyranical goverment. Obama and his administration will be the best gun salesman we have ever had!
Does anyone else find it odd that we allowed Iraqi citizens to each keep 1 fully automatic AK-47, yet, our government makes it increasingly difficult to even own semi-automatic rifles?
"Assault weapon" is a meaningless BS propaganda term like "gateway drug." Its purpose is to scare us into giving up our liberty.
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