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Gallup Poll: Support for Assault Weapons Ban Drops to 36%

October 27, 2016 by Foghorn

President Clinton enacted the Federal Assault Weapons Ban (AWB) in 1994. [For an overview of the AWB concept click here.] Since its expiration, the Democratic Party has been hell bent on reenacting and strengthening an “assault weapons” ban. While that may have been a winning argument back in the early 1990’s, a new poll by Gallup shows that support for outlawing … Read more

Gun-Grabber Proposals, Including O’Malley’s, Getting More Outlandish and Laughable

September 15, 2015 by David Codrea

An editorial in The Ellsworth American promises us “rational gun control.” Unsurprisingly, to anyone who understands that for “progressives,” every day is Opposite Day, it’s anything but that. In typical bipolar fashion, noise is generated to make it sound like the right to keep and bear arms is recognized, but that’s just lip service as the author tries to convince us that “bans on semi- automatic and assault-style weapons and high capacity ammunition clips,” along with all the other obligatory infringements shoved at gun owners ad nauseam, are just the ticket for giving the public what it wants.

D.C. Gun Laws: Testing the Limits

October 10, 2011 by ttag

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Some kids are bright enough to look at a stove top, see the flame or the glowing coil and think “Hot!” and forget about touching it. Others just gotta touch it, in order to figure out that when you play with fire you get burned. I’m predicting that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia and the D.C. City Council will find out that fire = hot = get burned, just as soon as their “assault weapons/hi-cap magazine” ban gets a ticket to a command performance by the Supremes.

Anti-Assault Rifle Agit-Prop On the Rise

November 22, 2010 by Robert Farago

I have no statistical basis for making that conclusion. For all I know, there’s never been less agitation to ban assault rifles in the United States than right now. Which would mean that the article The Return of the Assault Rifle at buffalonews.com represents a significant percentage increase in the amount of media clamor for a ban on assault rifles (a.k.a. modern home defense sporting rifles). See how that works? If not, try this . . .

McDonald Backlash Continues: Knight Calls for New Assault Weapons Ban

July 6, 2010 by Robert Farago

After thrashing the Roman Army in 279-280 B.C., King Pyrrhus of Epirus complained that “one more such victory shall utterly undo us.” Seems the Romans were energized by their defeats. The troops rallied and new recruits flooded their ranks. The term “Pyrrhic victory” now refers to a win that turns out to be a loss. The Supreme Court’s McDonald decision is shaping up that way. Post McDonald, Chicago Mayor Daley followed D.C.’s lead in enacting racist—sorry “reasonable” handgun legislation. The Supreme’s ruling has also brought gun control advocates out of the proverbial woodwork, into the mainstream media showcase . . .

Gun Review: Century Arms WASR-10 (Romanian AK)

May 21, 2010 by Don Gammill Jr.

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“Loose is good.” I think. Since that’s really just a hunch, I did the easiest most journalistically-thorough thing and Googled the phrase. My results? Well, let’s just say they stuck a collective finger in my gut: nearly every hit involved Weight Watchers. Then I repeated the search with the SafeSearch™ filter off, at which point I’d rather not say where the collective finger was sticking. Regardless, other than loose-fitting jeans (and, uh, loose-fitting other things), nothing I could find supported my contention that my friend’s loosey-goosey AK-variant, the WASR-10, is superior to its less-wobbly alternatives. But I still think it is.

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