Gun Ban Crowd Attacks the .50cal
The gun ban crowd has declared its new bandwagon, and it is the .50cal “sniper” rifle. This isn’t to say that they have forgotten about our semi-automatic rifles, our pistols, our revolvers, our shotguns and other firearms, it’s just that they see a better chance of passing legislation nation-wide on the .50cal. Why? Because very few people own .50cal rifles and they realize that most gun owners will not fight to keep from banning a gun they A) don’t own, and B) see no use for.
Well the problem with thinking like that is that this is only a stepping stone to banning more guns. What makes you think that they will stop with the .50cal? You see, just as they arbitrarily invented and lobbied against the “assault weapon” they will now declare war on “sniper rifles”.
What are sniper rifles? Any firearm the gun ban lobby deems a sniper rifle: the .50cal now, then the .45-70, then the .308, the .227, and finally your kid’s (and yours too) .22cal rimfire plinking/squirrel hunting rifle as well as all the calibers in between. Because in all reality any gun is an assault weapon, and any rifle is a sniper rifle when put in the wrong hands.
Although the gun ban crowd would prefer to immediately confiscate all our guns, as Senator Feinstein publicly acknowledged, they realize that they could never pass legislation to accomplish that. So they attack us bit-by-bit, first going after a weapon that would be relatively easy to demonize and that few people own, hoping and actually counting on that the rest of us won’t care enough to get off our duffs and call our representatives to let them know how wrong this is and how much we are against it.
Legislation has not been presented yet, but there is talk some will be introduced soon. I’ll keep you posted here as I find out more.
What can we do? Call/write/e-mail your Representatives and Senators now and let them know you oppose any such legislation that may be presented.
Well the problem with thinking like that is that this is only a stepping stone to banning more guns. What makes you think that they will stop with the .50cal? You see, just as they arbitrarily invented and lobbied against the “assault weapon” they will now declare war on “sniper rifles”.
What are sniper rifles? Any firearm the gun ban lobby deems a sniper rifle: the .50cal now, then the .45-70, then the .308, the .227, and finally your kid’s (and yours too) .22cal rimfire plinking/squirrel hunting rifle as well as all the calibers in between. Because in all reality any gun is an assault weapon, and any rifle is a sniper rifle when put in the wrong hands.
Although the gun ban crowd would prefer to immediately confiscate all our guns, as Senator Feinstein publicly acknowledged, they realize that they could never pass legislation to accomplish that. So they attack us bit-by-bit, first going after a weapon that would be relatively easy to demonize and that few people own, hoping and actually counting on that the rest of us won’t care enough to get off our duffs and call our representatives to let them know how wrong this is and how much we are against it.
Legislation has not been presented yet, but there is talk some will be introduced soon. I’ll keep you posted here as I find out more.
What can we do? Call/write/e-mail your Representatives and Senators now and let them know you oppose any such legislation that may be presented.
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