Regarding the assault weapons ban:

“If the ban is lifted, people will be able to purchase fully automatic weapons, and they will be able to use those automatic weapons,” he said. “It could jeopardize the lives of the public or police officers or others.”

The ban, of course, doesn’t affect fully automatic weapons.

Then, there’s this:

Bans on assault weapons may be well-intended, but they’re ultimately pointless.

“I didn’t do my homework on that vote,” Platts now admits. A little homework, he says, would have shown that the difference between an “assault weapon” and a hunting or target-shooting weapon is largely semantic. Put a certain fold-up stock or other feature on a legal rifle, and it becomes an “assault weapon.” They’re not “machine guns.”

Amazing. It’s like they’re talking about two different things.

Posted in uncategorized on July 20th, 2004 by SayUncle | RSS 2.0 |