Assault Weapons Ban Round Up
First up, an unsigned editorial screed that lacks almost any substance:
The Bush administration even has failed to do its part to deliver justice to the victims in the Washington, D.C., sniper case. Yes, John Allen Muhammad is awaiting the death penalty and his young sidekick, Lee Boyd Malvo, will spend life in prison for the murderous spree that claimed 10 lives.
Yet federal prosecutors so far have brought no charges against the Tacoma, Wash., gun dealer who “lost” the Bushmaster XM-15 assault rifle used in the sniper killings. Federal investigators allege that the gun dealer willfully disregarded federal gun laws by failing to keep required records on hundreds of weapons, including the Bushmaster.
The Seattle Times reported that Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents asked the U.S. attorney’s office to file federal charges against the gun dealer. Still, no charges have been filed. Apparently, in Attorney General John Ashcroft’s Justice Department, pursuing charges against a gun dealer who loses track of hundreds of weapons — including an assault rifle used to kill 10 people and terrorize an entire region — is not a priority.
Uhm because the gun was stolen. And the Bushmaster XM-15 is not an assault weapon, as defined by the Assault Weapons Ban.
And this nonsense:
Do you remember how insane the gun nuts sounded when they fought the ban on automatic assault weapons because they were afraid that eventually we’d come for their pistols?
I sent a letter to Andrew Lisa (the author of the article):
Being one of those gun nuts, it is important to realize that the assault weapons ban does ban automatic weapons. Automatics have been regulated since the 1934 gun control act. The ban only bans aesthetic features that certain guns can.
As an example, see here.
Here’s a link to the law should you choose to actually do some research on the issue on a subject before opining on it.
Regards.
In most cases (I’ve sent countless letters to reporters and editors regarding the lies they perpetuate about the assault weapons ban), these reporters never respond. I suspect the same here. But you can send a letter as well, just send an email to alisa@vineland.gannett.com
And John Lott writes on why people fear guns and the misperceptions about the assault weapons ban (the misperceptions Andrew Lisa above has).
