2aguy
Diamond Member
- Jul 19, 2014
- 112,365
- 52,611
- 2,290
Good column on what the leader (puppet) of the democrat party keeps saying about guns........if they don't want to ban guns, they sure do talk about banning guns a lot......so....we shouldn't believe what they say.......right?
Fact-checkers keep assuring Americans that President Biden doesn't want to ban guns, but simply wants "reasonable" gun regulations. Yet judging by the president's rhetoric, Biden either doesn't know much about guns (a concerning possibility given his constant push for more regulations) or is calling for a complete ban on the vast majority of guns sold in the U.S.
Just last Thursday, when Biden spoke in New York City about combatting gun crime—not the 92 percent of violent crime that has nothing to do with guns—he focused on handguns. A "Glock with 40 rounds—a magazine with 40 rounds. And it's really a weapon of war," he said. "But I don't see any rationale to why there should be such a weapon able to be purchased."
And at a CNN town hall last year, Biden remarked, "The idea you need a weapon that can have the ability to fire 20, 30, 40, 50, 120 shots from that weapon—whether it's a 9-millimeter pistol or whether it's a rifle—is ridiculous. I'm continuing to push to eliminate the sale of those things."
At a high-dollar private fundraiser in Seattle in 2019, Biden asked, "Why should we allow people to have military-style weapons including pistols with 9-mm bullets and can hold 10 or more rounds?"
----
These statements implicate a far wider range of guns than Biden lets on. Any semi-automatic gun, whether it's a handgun or rifle, "can hold" a magazine of virtually any capacity. In fact, the vast majority of handguns sold in this country are semi-auto handguns. In 2018, almost 3.9 million semi-automatic handguns were manufactured in the U.S., compared to less than 700,000 revolvers. So, about 85 percent of all handguns made were semi-automatics that "can hold" magazines.
Fact-checkers at PolitiFact have twice claimed that magazine limits would only affect certain gun models, and USA Today also dismissed the claim Biden wants to ban handguns. Last year, Politifact's Jon Greenberg asserted that the popular Sig Sauer P365 wouldn't be banned because "The standard magazine for the P365 is 10 rounds, and depending on the model, the weapon can accommodate a 15-round magazine."
While it is true that this pistol series comes standard with a 10- or optional 15-round magazine, it can also accommodate magazines of larger capacity—including 50-round magazines.
Biden keeps talking about guns that "can hold" larger magazines—but all of these semi-automatic guns "can hold" them.
Fact-checkers keep assuring Americans that President Biden doesn't want to ban guns, but simply wants "reasonable" gun regulations. Yet judging by the president's rhetoric, Biden either doesn't know much about guns (a concerning possibility given his constant push for more regulations) or is calling for a complete ban on the vast majority of guns sold in the U.S.
Just last Thursday, when Biden spoke in New York City about combatting gun crime—not the 92 percent of violent crime that has nothing to do with guns—he focused on handguns. A "Glock with 40 rounds—a magazine with 40 rounds. And it's really a weapon of war," he said. "But I don't see any rationale to why there should be such a weapon able to be purchased."
And at a CNN town hall last year, Biden remarked, "The idea you need a weapon that can have the ability to fire 20, 30, 40, 50, 120 shots from that weapon—whether it's a 9-millimeter pistol or whether it's a rifle—is ridiculous. I'm continuing to push to eliminate the sale of those things."
At a high-dollar private fundraiser in Seattle in 2019, Biden asked, "Why should we allow people to have military-style weapons including pistols with 9-mm bullets and can hold 10 or more rounds?"
----
These statements implicate a far wider range of guns than Biden lets on. Any semi-automatic gun, whether it's a handgun or rifle, "can hold" a magazine of virtually any capacity. In fact, the vast majority of handguns sold in this country are semi-auto handguns. In 2018, almost 3.9 million semi-automatic handguns were manufactured in the U.S., compared to less than 700,000 revolvers. So, about 85 percent of all handguns made were semi-automatics that "can hold" magazines.
Fact-checkers at PolitiFact have twice claimed that magazine limits would only affect certain gun models, and USA Today also dismissed the claim Biden wants to ban handguns. Last year, Politifact's Jon Greenberg asserted that the popular Sig Sauer P365 wouldn't be banned because "The standard magazine for the P365 is 10 rounds, and depending on the model, the weapon can accommodate a 15-round magazine."
While it is true that this pistol series comes standard with a 10- or optional 15-round magazine, it can also accommodate magazines of larger capacity—including 50-round magazines.
Biden keeps talking about guns that "can hold" larger magazines—but all of these semi-automatic guns "can hold" them.
