The reason Democrats are targeting "assault" rifles

[Stormy Daniels]

The vast majority of firearm crimes involve handguns, not anything like an AR-15. So why are Democrats targeting so called assault rifles?

Simple! Because the vast majority of firearm crimes involve handguns, not anything like an AR-15. It's all about strategy.

After they outlaw AR-15s, they'll wait until the next headline catching crime that involves a handgun, and point to the statistics to insist that now we have to outlaw handguns, too. They'll start talking about the "handgun loophole" and saying that they need to close it. They'll tell everyone that of course we have to outlaw handguns, saying that if the relatively small percentage of crime that involves a long gun was worthy of action, then the remaining 90% certainly warrants action.

Democrats aren't coming for your guns. Until they are.

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

That might be the strategy of those at the top like Schumer, et al, but by and large it's shear ignorance. A lot of people on the left clamoring for a ban on AR-15s have never even seen nor fired one and many think they're automatic weapons. They don't even know what AR means. I've seen this play out on social media repeatedly.

 

[jackflash]

The vast majority of firearm crimes involve handguns, not anything like an AR-15. So why are Democrats targeting so called assault rifles?

Simple! Because the vast majority of firearm crimes involve handguns, not anything like an AR-15. It's all about strategy.

After they outlaw AR-15s, they'll wait until the next headline catching crime that involves a handgun, and point to the statistics to insist that now we have to outlaw handguns, too. They'll start talking about the "handgun loophole" and saying that they need to close it. They'll tell everyone that of course we have to outlaw handguns, saying that if the relatively small percentage of crime that involves a long gun was worthy of action, then the remaining 90% certainly warrants action.

Democrats aren't coming for your guns. Until they are.

The statist left is obsessed with only a Marxist g'ment(the lefts god) being able to wield firearms. This of course would turn America into another nazi Germany where nobody but g'ment employees would be safe.

 

[miketx]

That might be the strategy of those at the top like Schumer, et al, but by and large it's shear ignorance. A lot of people on the left clamoring for a ban on AR-15s have never even seen nor fired one and many think they're automatic weapons. They don't even know what AR means. I've seen this play out on social media repeatedly.

Sheer.

 

[Bob Blaylock]

That might be the strategy of those at the top like Schumer, et al, but by and large it's shear ignorance. A lot of people on the left clamoring for a ban on AR-15s have never even seen nor fired one and many think they're automatic weapons. They don't even know what AR means. I've seen this play out on social media repeatedly.

There's a document on the Violence Policy Center's (VPC) web site, from decades ago, pretty much admitting this whole strategy around “assault weapons”, admitting that they play little role in crime, but discussing how such issues as the general ignorance of the general public can be exploited to gain support for a ban on “assault weapons” as a stepping stone to further chipping away at the Second Amendment.

https://www.vpc.org/studies/awaconc.htm

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

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

The vast majority of firearm crimes involve handguns, not anything like an AR-15. So why are Democrats targeting so called assault rifles?

Simple! Because the vast majority of firearm crimes involve handguns, not anything like an AR-15. It's all about strategy.

After they outlaw AR-15s, they'll wait until the next headline catching crime that involves a handgun, and point to the statistics to insist that now we have to outlaw handguns, too. They'll start talking about the "handgun loophole" and saying that they need to close it. They'll tell everyone that of course we have to outlaw handguns, saying that if the relatively small percentage of crime that involves a long gun was worthy of action, then the remaining 90% certainly warrants action.

Democrats aren't coming for your guns. Until they are.

This is a lie, it fails as a strawman fallacy.

 

[Winston]

The vast majority of firearm crimes involve handguns, not anything like an AR-15. So why are Democrats targeting so called assault rifles?

Simple! Because the vast majority of firearm crimes involve handguns, not anything like an AR-15. It's all about strategy.

After they outlaw AR-15s, they'll wait until the next headline catching crime that involves a handgun, and point to the statistics to insist that now we have to outlaw handguns, too. They'll start talking about the "handgun loophole" and saying that they need to close it. They'll tell everyone that of course we have to outlaw handguns, saying that if the relatively small percentage of crime that involves a long gun was worthy of action, then the remaining 90% certainly warrants action.

Democrats aren't coming for your guns. Until they are.

Ah yes, the good old slippery slope fallacy. Again, this is really simple so pay attention. The drive to ban the assault weapon is not an attempt to stop crime or even the use of guns in crimes. It is merely an attempt to mitigate the damage from mass shootings, and perhaps cut down on their frequency. It is the simple response to a simple cost benefit analysis. Assault weapons provide little, if any benefit, to their ownership. Other guns can be used just as effectively, if not more effectively, than the assault rifle. Well, except for mass shootings, like children at elementary schools. The cost of their legality far exceeds any benefit they provide.

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

That might be the strategy of those at the top like Schumer, et al, but by and large it's shear ignorance. A lot of people on the left clamoring for a ban on AR-15s have never even seen nor fired one and many think they're automatic weapons. They don't even know what AR means. I've seen this play out on social media repeatedly.

This is a lie; again, there is no ‘strategy’ to ban handguns.

 

[Vrenn]

The vast majority of firearm crimes involve handguns, not anything like an AR-15. So why are Democrats targeting so called assault rifles?

Simple! Because the vast majority of firearm crimes involve handguns, not anything like an AR-15. It's all about strategy.

After they outlaw AR-15s, they'll wait until the next headline catching crime that involves a handgun, and point to the statistics to insist that now we have to outlaw handguns, too. They'll start talking about the "handgun loophole" and saying that they need to close it. They'll tell everyone that of course we have to outlaw handguns, saying that if the relatively small percentage of crime that involves a long gun was worthy of action, then the remaining 90% certainly warrants action.

Democrats aren't coming for your guns. Until they are.

You still don't get it. In the US, the mass murder records all go to one weapon and one weapon alone. Since the security of the schools started, the handguns and normal weapons no longer can go for the record. It takes the AR. While we may not have much control over the lower body counts, we do have control over the higher body counts. There is an old Military saying. You fight the Battles you have a chance to win. We can completely stop the school shootings through common sense actions. I won't cover them since they have been covered to death but we need to do it.

 

[surada]

The statist left is obsessed with only a Marxist g'ment(the lefts god) being able to wield firearms. This of course would turn America into another nazi Germany where nobody but g'ment employees would be safe.

There's a lot of misunderstanding about Nazi gun laws.

Nazi gun control argument - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[Hossfly]

• Terminology
  The "AR" in AR-15 stands for "ArmaLite Rifle", not "assault...

AR-15–style rifle - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[daveman]

This is a lie; again, there is no ‘strategy’ to ban handguns.

BUT A 9MM WILL BLOW YOUR LUNG OUT LITERALLY ON THE GROUND MAN ITS IRRESPONSIBLE OF YOU NOT TO SUPPORT BANNING SCARY DANGEROUS HANDGUNS

 

[miketx]

• Terminology
  The "AR" in AR-15 stands for "ArmaLite Rifle", not "assault...

AR-15–style rifle - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

The liars have been told this a 1000 times, but it doesn't fit the commie agenda.

 

[surada]

The liars have been told this a 1000 times, but it doesn't fit the commie agenda.

Killing school children or church goers ? What?

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

commie agenda

lol

 

[Ringtone]

This is a lie, it fails as a strawman fallacy.

You and your strawman fallacies. Get a new shtick already.

 

[Vrenn]

• Terminology
  The "AR" in AR-15 stands for "ArmaLite Rifle", not "assault...

AR-15–style rifle - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

No one is arguing that point except for you. Are you aware that the AR-15 is the father of the M-16? The Original AR was produced so that a scared 18 year old in a firefight could throw more firepower than his enemy. Nothing has changed. It's still the fastest, most powerful and deadly firearm that is portable that is made today. What's worse, there is a Cult AR going on and it's the preferred weapon for mass shootings. We need to break that cult.

 

[Hollie]

BUT A 9MM WILL BLOW YOUR LUNG OUT LITERALLY ON THE GROUND MAN ITS IRRESPONSIBLE OF YOU NOT TO SUPPORT BANNING SCARY DANGEROUS HANDGUNS

.... and those scary looking steak knives with serrated blades.

We definitely need an assault steak knife ban.

 

[EvilCat Breath]

BUT A 9MM WILL BLOW YOUR LUNG OUT LITERALLY ON THE GROUND MAN ITS IRRESPONSIBLE OF YOU NOT TO SUPPORT BANNING SCARY DANGEROUS HANDGUNS

BUT A 9MM WILL BLOW YOUR LUNG OUT LITERALLY ON THE GROUND MAN ITS IRRESPONSIBLE OF YOU NOT TO SUPPORT BANNING SCARY DANGEROUS HANDGUNS

Why did diaper Joe fasten on 9mm when a .357 is way more powerful?

 

[Vrenn]

.... and those scary looking steak knives with serrated blades.

We definitely need an assault steak knife ban.

All the more reason to break the Cult AR.