Straw Man Made Flesh

What do you call a Straw Man that isn’t made of Straw?

Lowry’s question is revealing, largely because he doesn’t bother to attempt to name any of the “gun controllers” who wouldn’t want McKinley to be able to defend herself.

Major gun violence prevention groups are upfront about their support for law-abiding citizens to be able to keep firearms for their own protection.

They then quote some Brady Boilerplate about how they “Support the 2nd Amendment” and Self-Defense. Well two can play at this game.

Brady on “Assault Weapons”

Sporting rifles and assault weapons are two distinct classes of firearms. While semi-automatic hunting rifles are designed to be fired from the shoulder and depend upon the accuracy of a precisely aimed projectile to kill an animal, semi-automatic assault weapons are designed to kill as many people quickly, as would be needed in combat.

Opponents of banning assault weapons argue that these military-style weapons only “look” scary. Assault weapons look scary and are scary because they are equipped with combat hardware. Combat features like high-capacity ammunition magazines, pistol grips, folding stocks, and bayonets, which are not found on sporting guns, are designed specifically to facilitate the killing of human beings in battle.

Scary terms, but so called “Assault Weapons” are better suited for self-defense than duck and deer guns that have low capacities, more powerful ammunition for longer shots against larger animals, and are often heavier.

On Magazines.

Assault clips are designed to enable shooting mass numbers of people quickly and efficiently without reloading. They have been used in numerous mass shootings, including in Tucson, Virginia Tech, Fort Hood, and Columbine, but they are not useful for hunting or self-defense.

Well except for when they are used in self defense. Seems those “Assault Clips” are riding in the holsters of a huge number of lawful Americans, as well as Law Enforcement officers, and are used to save lives EVERY days. Oh and I said carry holsters, how do they feel about carry?

Allowing untrained, under-trained, and/or emotionally unstable or impulsive persons to carry loaded hidden handguns in public puts people at risk of being killed or injured, intentionally and unintentionally. It also makes it harder for law enforcement to identify the real perpetrators during a shooting. Allowing more people to carry concealed handguns in densely populated cities, on crowded subways, on buses and in sports stadiums, is a recipe for disaster.

I assume “Disaster” is crime being deterred, and bad people getting shot. I can’t say I agree with that goal.

They also quote Mayors against illegal guns, which is indeed a sister group of the Brady Campaign, and also get funds and resources from the same Joyce Foundation that pays for the Media Matters website.

You see they’re FOR personal defense, just not in any way you get to USE it.

Sorry but the “Straw Man” is real.

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0 Responses to Straw Man Made Flesh

  1. Robert says:

    I call them “Second Amendment But-heads,” because they, just like President Obama, like to say things like “I support the Second Amendment, BUT…” And what follows the “but” is the usual menu of bannings and restrictions.

  2. Thirdpower says:

    It’s Media Matters, paid by the Joyce Foundation to publish articles like this. Their entire existence is a logical fallacy.

  3. Pyrotek85 says:

    “Major gun violence prevention groups are upfront about their support for law-abiding citizens to be able to keep firearms for their own protection.”

    Except they don’t think we’re law abiding, we’re all potential criminals to them , we just haven’t acted yet.

  4. Jack says:

    “Major gun violence prevention groups are upfront about their support for law-abiding citizens to be able to keep firearms for their own protection.”

    Reeeeally now?

    It does show how far the Overton window has moved that their lie had to shift away from
    “Major gun violence prevention groups are upfront about their support for law-abiding citizens to be able to keep firearms for sport and hunting.”

    Of course the unspoken assumption is “law-abiding” they have no problem with a May Issue scheme that defines law abiding down to just the “right people”.

    For example Mexico, Canada, Germany and Italy all have conceal carry. You just have to be really, really connected to get it.

  5. ThomasD says:

    Every time I hear someone from the Brady Bunch say they support private ownership of firearms I’m reminded of this.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUQkbXWwJhQ

    You can own any firearm you want, so long as it is on their very short list of acceptable guns.

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