This video was posted by the NSSF a few months ago, but is great information for the general public.  This video explains the differences between Assault Weapons, Assault Rifles, Machine Guns, Semi Automatics, and so forth.  It is very well done, from a respected source.

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The NSSF has put together a great fact sheet on Assault Weapons.  The fact sheet debunks many of the liberal myths that have been floating around since the 1990s. 

Attention liberals…find a friend that can read this to you.  You may learn something.

BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON SO-CALLED ‘ASSAULT WEAPONS’

What has erroneously been termed an “assault weapon” is a semi-automatic firearm that fires just one bullet with each pull of the trigger (versus a fully automatic firearm — machine gun -

AR-15 (not an assult weapon)

- which continues to shoot until the trigger is released). Specifically, legislation has incorrectly defined an “assault weapon” as a semi-automatic firearm that can accept a detachable magazine and has two or more of the following cosmetic features (it is these cosmetic features that distinguish the firearm from other “non-assault weapons.”):

• A folding or telescoping stock
• A pistol grip
• A bayonet mount
• A flash suppressor, or threads to attach one
• A grenade launcher

None of these features figure into the criminal misuse of firearms, regardless of their appearance.

SEPARATING FACT FROM FICTION

There is a tremendous amount of misinformation surrounding the issue of so-called “assault weapons.” Below are several of the more misleading allegations related to these firearms followed by corresponding statements of fact:

Claim: A commercially-sold “assault weapon” is a machine gun and has no place in civilian hands.

Fact: A so-called “assault weapon” is NOT a machine gun or automatic firearm. Automatic firearms were severely restricted from civilian ownership under the 1934 National Firearms Act. A so-called “assault weapon” is functionally no different than any other “legal” firearm. These guns fire in the same manner as any other semi-automatic firearm (one shot per trigger pull – no spray firing), they shoot the same ammunition as other guns of the same caliber and are no more powerful. What differentiates a so-called “assault weapon” from other guns is cosmetic; for example, the type of stock on the gun, which makes the conventionally operating firearm look more like a military firearm.

The gun-ban lobby understands that the confusion over what is and what is not an “assault weapon” only benefits them. Consider this statement from Josh Sugarmann of the Violence Policy Center:

“The public’s confusion over fully-automatic machine guns versus semi-automatic assault weapons — anything that looks like a machine gun is presumed to be a machine gun — can only increase the chance of public support for restrictions on these weapons.”

Claim: Semi-automatic “assault weapons” are high-powered guns that are meant for war.

Fact: So-called “Assault weapons” are more often than not less powerful than other hunting rifles. The term “assault weapon” was conjured up by anti-gun legislators to scare voters into thinking these firearms are something out of a horror movie. These guns are used for many activities. In fact, the Colt AR-15 and Springfield M1A, both labeled “assault weapons,” are the rifles most often used for marksmanship competitions in the United States. And their cartridges are standard hunting calibers, useful for game up to and including deer.

Claim: The 1994 “assault weapons ban” helped to reduce violent crime.

Fact: A recent comprehensive study by the Centers for Disease Control — hardly a pro-gun entity — looked at the full panoply of gun control measures — including the “assault weapons ban” — and concluded that none could be proven to reduce crime. Homicide statistics demonstrate that the miniscule use of so-called “assault weapons” in crime (less than 1 percent) continued to decrease after the ten-year ban expired in 2004 and their manufacturing and sales resumed.

Another study, commissioned by Congress, found “the banned weapons and magazines were never used in more than a modest fraction of all gun murders.”

The report also noted that so-called “assault weapons” were “rarely used in gun crimes even before the ban.”

Conclusion:

Crime control legislation should be based upon solid facts, not emotions, cosmetics or appearance. Semi-automatic firearms are now the most popular type of firearm in America and are used for a wide variety of legitimate sporting purposes, including hunting, small game control, target shooting and personal defense. They should not be banned.

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Reading Obama’s regurgitated tripe on gun control drives me nuts.  His mission is to enact the Assault Weapons Ban permanently in an effort to “protect the children.”  Citing  that Assault Weapons belong on foreign battlefields not in our streets.  I am certain Obama and the rest of the Liberal Democrats will not stop with one ban, but rather will try to ban CHL/CCW, ammunition and other items.

I wonder if the people in this picture wished they had not been subjected to gun registration and gun control.   I can really see the Liberal logic in the concept of total gun control safeguarding the children.  I am sure the mothers in this picture are not the least bit worried.

Warsaw Ghetto (Circa 1940)

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My appologies to Cowtown Cop… that was probably me the cleaned out the stock of magzines.   I like many gun owning Americans lived through the last AWB debaucle.  I have stocked up on plenty over the last few years, and increased that stock recently.  Heck, If I had invested my 401K money in AR-15, and AK47 magazines, instead of the market, I could probably retire to a desert island in a few years from the sale proceeds.  

If you can not find any Pmags there are plenty of other great suppliers… you may want to check 44mag.com or C-Products

Here is a great post from Cowtown Cop. 

Thank You for Panic Buying…

P-Mag

I would like to thank all of you who have gone out and taken the time and money to purchase a “assault rifle” and a whole bunch of magazines. I’m not kidding, I really appreciate it. If a whole lot of folks buy them now it means that there will continue to be a good supply of these things in circulation even if we get another stinky “assault weapons ban” that will save us all from those evil flash hiders and pistol grip stocks. How many times have I seen helpless folks victimized by one of those horrible magazines that hold more than ten rounds? Well never, but that’s beside the point.

 

I went and bought me some Magpul Pmags for my AR because despite what the idiots say about restricting hi cap mags for law enforcement only, it doesn’t really work out that way. Yes, I could buy hi cap mags while we had the last ban but they were stinking expensive and hard to get. So I stocked up while they are still pretty cheap and easy to buy.

They won’t be cheap or easy to find for very long though so I suggest you getcha some before they are all gone. I went back to the store where I bought mine four days after I bought them. The shelf was empty and the store owner told me that he can’t get any more from the manufacturer for a long time. Someone came in and bought the entire stock of these magazines.

Good for them. These are really good sturdy mags that store well fully loaded and can take a beating. I would highly recommend them to anyone who has a new AR type rifle.

 

 

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Here is some great observations from Snowflakes in Hell.  I know this only applies to NY but it could easily be carried nationwide as the slow churning gun control liberals take over in an incremental fashion.

Bad Day for New York Gun Owners

It was a bad election day for New York gun owners.  Tom King says:

I expect to see the following proposed legislation in both houses of state government shortly after the start of the 2009 legislative session Smart Gun, expanded COBIS, Micro Stamping of shell casings, an expanded assault weapons ban, reduction of magazine capacity, mandatory storage/insurance and renewable pistol licenses with very limited concealed carry. It is not a pretty scenario but it is not untenable.

Gun owners in New York State are going to need some help.  One thing I would encourage of New York gun rights activists is that it is possible to work within the Democratic Party.  We have some very anti-gun urban Democrats in Pennsylvania too, but we also have a lot of pro-gun Democrats, who are good on our issue.  Unfortunately, one of them is John Murtha, but on guns, Murtha has been on our side.  Sometimes you have to work with the political circumstances political fortunes stick you with.

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