Our thoughts and hearts go to the families and victims of the Dallas attack.
Predictably enough the Anitis jumped on the horrible attack as an opportunity to demand law abiding gun owners have restrictive laws imposed upon them, specifically demanding "assault weapons" bans before anything was known other than gunfire had killed officers supporting the march in Dallas.
[strike]What we now know is that a rifle California doesn't even list as an "assault weapon" was used by the murderer. The lowly SKS was the murder weapon. A rifle without a pistol grip or rail system or "folding thing that goes up".
News outlets have referred to it as an "assault rifle" in their typical pandering to the Antis to create an impression in the minds of the public that anything could be worse than the calculated ambush murder of strangers peacefully going about their business. [/strike]
We've pointed out that there's no functional difference between the rifles that operate basically like any number of self loading rifles whether they're black or brown or have "evil" looking ergonomic furniture or not in arguing against the Anti propaganda demonizing ARs or AKs or "Assault Weapons/Rifles".
[strike]How do we handle the fact that an SKS was used in this attack? What argument against Antis doesn't fall into the potential trap that all self loading rifles should be banned now that our own argument that the singling out the AR looking rifles is irrelevant since evil people and "normal" criminals won't be hampered in committing murderers if all "ARs" were confiscated?[/strike]
A picture leaked out from after the explosive was used to end the standoff shows what appears to be a modified Saiga AK style rifle changing the discussion completely.
Predictably enough the Anitis jumped on the horrible attack as an opportunity to demand law abiding gun owners have restrictive laws imposed upon them, specifically demanding "assault weapons" bans before anything was known other than gunfire had killed officers supporting the march in Dallas.
[strike]What we now know is that a rifle California doesn't even list as an "assault weapon" was used by the murderer. The lowly SKS was the murder weapon. A rifle without a pistol grip or rail system or "folding thing that goes up".
News outlets have referred to it as an "assault rifle" in their typical pandering to the Antis to create an impression in the minds of the public that anything could be worse than the calculated ambush murder of strangers peacefully going about their business. [/strike]
We've pointed out that there's no functional difference between the rifles that operate basically like any number of self loading rifles whether they're black or brown or have "evil" looking ergonomic furniture or not in arguing against the Anti propaganda demonizing ARs or AKs or "Assault Weapons/Rifles".
[strike]How do we handle the fact that an SKS was used in this attack? What argument against Antis doesn't fall into the potential trap that all self loading rifles should be banned now that our own argument that the singling out the AR looking rifles is irrelevant since evil people and "normal" criminals won't be hampered in committing murderers if all "ARs" were confiscated?[/strike]
A picture leaked out from after the explosive was used to end the standoff shows what appears to be a modified Saiga AK style rifle changing the discussion completely.
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