Lately, I’ve been frustrated by all the firearm-related misinformation and outright lies. But occasionally it does get amusing.
Letter: Domestic terrorism
The National RIFLE Association was formed by and for hunters with no interest in or endorsement of military weapons.
The NRA, a group with which I have no affiliation (NRA delenda est), was formed by former military officers to encourage firearms ownership and training because they were appalled by the lack of marksmanship skills in recruits.
One of Mr Trump’s worst crimes is saying he will stop the senseless murders of innocent children and adults at churches, schools, and social gatherings when he still supports machine guns, etc.
Trump is on the record as supporting ex parte firearm confiscation orders, raising age limits to own firearms, universal preemptively prove your innocence checks, waiting periods, “assault weapons” bans, expanding NICS, and actually banned bump-fire stocks (as machineguns) by fiat.
How can a paramilitary group be permitted to collect tanks, jeeps, helicopters, transport vehicles, etc? Isn’t that a direct threat to democracy (Oklahoma City)?
What? Was there a military assault on OKC overnight? I missed that. All those tanks, jeeps, and helicopters must have been exciting.
How can their existence be legal? State governments have constitutional authority under the Second Amendment…
The Second Amendment doesn’t authorize anything; it forbids infringements. And the US Supreme Court has ruled that it applies to the states as well as the federal government.
Although Australia and New Zealand were created for cast-off prisoners of England, those countries have legislators wise enough to have strict gun laws. An unexpected benefit has been a significant decrease in suicides and intra-family murders.
Australia’s ban only saw 20% compliance. Violent crime overall increased immediately after the ban, but murders continued the same downward trend the country was previously experiencing.
New Zealand’s ban is seeing a mere 6.45% compliance rate, with compliance dropping with every “buyback” event. Since they’re only 2 months into the ban, it’s a little early to make claims about the effects on crime rates.
Legislators and the Supreme Court need to severely limit gun ownership, as in Australia.
Of course, there’s that pesky 2A thingie, not to mention millions of heavily armed, noncompliant SOBs. But I’m sure Dudley will volunteer to lead the stack on confiscation raids.
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