Supporters of a Federal Assault Weapons Ban Won’t Want to See This Chart
Chart Compiled by The Washington Examiner from FBI Data
Timothy P. Carney, The Washington Examiner — Politicians and the media these days are focused on the AR-15. This is a powerful semiautomatic (meaning you don’t have to manually cock or load it after each shot) rifle.Yes, massacres tend to be done with weapons like this. But not most gun murders in the U.S.: a vast majority of gun murders in the U.S. are committed with a handgun.
This is important, because plenty of people these days are looking to draw a line between guns needed for legitimate purposes, such as self-defense, and guns used for killing people. Looks like they’re the same.
You are more likely to be killed with someone’s “hands/feet/fists” than a rifle. » Read More
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Timothy P. Carney is a Senior Political Columnist at the Washington Examiner, and a visiting fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. He is also the author of The Big Ripoff (Wiley, 2006) and Obamanomics (Regnery, 2009).
Semi-Automatic Rifle
A SEMI-AUTOMATIC RIFLE rifle is a type of rifle that fires A SINGLE BULLET each time the trigger is pulled, automatically ejects the spent cartridge, chambers a fresh cartridge from its magazine, and is immediately ready to fire another shot. They may be operated by a number of mechanisms, all of which derive their power from the explosion of the powder in the cartridge that also fires the bullet. Historically, the self-loading design was the successor to the repeating rifle, which stored a number of cartridges within the weapon, but required manual action to load a fresh cartridge before each shot. Automatically loading the next round more easily allows for rapid fire. These rifles are also commonly known as self-loading rifles ('SLR') or auto-loading rifles.
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Barack Hussein Obama stated on national TV that the Second Amendment to The U.S. Constitution is to allow the "Tradition of Target Practice" ... implying it is a mere hobby/sport of the American people.
Read 'The Second Amendment' for yourself (emphasis added) and ask yourself if "Target Practice" is what you believe America's Founding Fathers intended:
U.S. Constitution Amendment 2 - Right to Bear Arms
A well regulated Militia, BEING NECESSARY TO THE SECURITY OF A FREE STATE, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.