Should The Public Be Able To Get The Types Of Guns We Use In Iraq?

I asked this question last week of the candidates for President now campaigning in Iowa, and I think that for most of the American people [pdf] the answer is clearly “no.”

You know, for a report saying 85%+ support X, there's absolutely no push to get any laws passed. Hell, the only way Cook County can pass laws is to slide them under the radar. If so many people supported such gun control, why isn't it happening Paul? Probably because you're a liar.

In the last ten days, two states in the heart of the country have sustained mass shootings by people armed with military-style assault rifles – two attacks with assault weapons in less than a week. One shooter attacked a mall full of employees and Christmas shoppers in Omaha. The other attacked a church in Colorado.

Together, they left twelve people dead.

Funny how Paul conveniently leaves out the part where an armed citizen used her firearm to stop the shooter. In Paul's fantasy land, he'd prefer to see hundreds dead instead.

And again with the "Military Style" slight of hand. I'd be pissed if the Marines were only given rifles that fired one shot at a time. Instead, they are given automatics. Paul, however, wants people to believe that cosmetics are all that's needed to make a weapon deadly. It's like saying Stephen Hawking could slam dunk if he wore a Celtics jersey.

Yet today assault weapons remain perfectly legal to buy in gun stores and gun shows across the country, in unlimited quantities. Perhaps even more shocking, the type of bullet many assault weapons fire (7.62mm full metal jacket) can penetrate four categories of police body armor [pdf].

Well Paul, let me clue you in on something. The standard 30.06 hunting cartridge does the same thing.

There is no legitimate reason the public should have this kind of access to military-style assault weapons.

Well, despite the fact that you're lying and incorrect (cosmetics <> assault), we have every reason to have these weapons.  I'd suggest reading the Constitution, but we all know Paul's view on that.

But Paul wants the police state. He wants a society where the populace is disarmed and at the mercy of their masters.

It’s also frustrating that when a UPS employee raised concerns on September 13 about the “multiple boxes” of ammunition the Colorado shooter had delivered to his postal box, police officers said there was nothing illegal. No limits on the number of guns; no limits on ammunition; very minimal limits on the type of guns – no wonder we have problems.

I bought 800 rounds of 7.62x54R. That round puts the piddly 7.62x39 you whine about to shame. I buy .22 by the thousands, and have enough supplies to build 1000 .357 Magnum and 10MM each. The number of cartridges I own have nothing to do with murdering intent. Read my earlier story of the goblin who set two women, one pregnant, on fire. Should we limit the amount of gasoline.

Since the terrible shootings last week, leading newspapers are joining the call. Here is a sample of what they’re saying

Blah blah blah. If you haven't figured it out yet, Helmke (the NY Times sure hasn't) nobody trusts them any more. Their circulation has dropped to dangerous levels because they have opinions similar to yours.

To protect ourselves and our police [pdf], these weapons of war should be kept out of the hands of civilians.

Not a chance, Paul.

None of this, of course, is original. Paul and his merry band of bigots can only repeat the same thing over and over, hoping the masses will believe it through repetition since logically it doesn't stand.

You know Paul has been told time and time again that assault weapons are not what the civilians tend to have. You know he's seen the FBI report showing that out of all crime, assault weapons were used the least. You know he understands the difference between a law abiding citizen and a criminal. Yet he continues to spread lies. Thank God he and his ilk no longer have a safe haven to spread them in. And while it gets tiring tearing them to shreds over and over again, we must continue doing so.