(no subject)
Yay! The unconstituitional assault weapon's ban is gone! I noticed something today reading the editorials. Virtually everyone celebrating the ban talked about how the ban didn't affect crime, how it was poorly worded, and how it used the term "assault weapon" to scare people. The weapons banned were no more dangerous than any hunting rifle. Folding stocks and pistol grips do not make weapons more dangerous. Whether or not you agree with these arguments is besides the point, because, by contrast, the lamenters didn't argue the mertis of the bill. They predicted a surge in gun violence (despite the fact that these weapons were never pupular with criminals do to their size) or lamented the power of the NRA. When crime continues to decline (as it has every year since welfare reform) how many of these people are going to run and retract their statements?