So Tam has a great post about anti-gun reporters who know nothing about guns.
Still the discussion section took a swing this way:
Commenter Reno Sepulveda notes that apparently Sen. Feinstein has latched on to the “Military & Police” moniker as well. Someone needs to let these grabasstic busybodies know that the label has been used by Smith & Wesson more or less continuously since 1899, making it an older trade label than “International Business Machines” (whose products, I will note, can somewhat misleadingly be used for non-commercial purposes and entirely within the boundaries of one nation.)
There are all sorts of gun names that can be misleading, or demonized by the anti-gun groups. “Military and Police” can be demonized as weapons not for the general public but for the “Only Ones”. “Tactical” is often around and equally misleading. S&W also has several guns labeled “Bodyguard”, and “Chief Special”. Or Colt’s “Commander”, “Combat Commander”, and “Officer”
Still I’d like to note that our opponents are bigots, not literalists.
A Mini-14 “Ranch Rifle”, a such-and-such “SPorter”, or the brand also extensively used by Smith and Wesson “PD” for “Personal Defense”, or the rarely used, but I always liked the guns bearing this badge “Lady Smith”.
Guns with mundane names will be just as demonized as mundane guns with “Tactical” names because the opposition simply hates guns and gun owners and will twist any phrase or term to attempt to sway people who know nothing of guns to side with them.
So, one would have to wonder how ‘diefi’ would categorize a Colt Python? Only for shooting certain types of snakes – or only to be used by those snakes…………..
Bigots indeed. (aka hoplophobes)
Damn, so I guess the Colt Army is out… Shoot, and the Colt Navy! I thought they are not after our black powder guns?
Or anything in .45-70 GOVERNMENT! Why would a civilian use that cartridge?
Also I’ll note that I have 3 guns in .45 Automatic Colt Pistol, but they are two S&Ws and a Kahr!
Also while I have a Colt Automatic pistol in .25 ACP, the current box of ammo I have is 6.35mm Browning! Obviously I need a browning pistol!
I know a certain manufacturer whose models include “Conspirator” “Ally” and “Cohort”, and I’ll refrain from further comment 🙂
I heard about those Mini 14’s. Dress one up in black plastic, a collapsible stock, pistol grip, etc., and you have a military style “eeeeviill black rifle”. Dress it up in a simple wooden stock, and you have a “jeans and Stetson” ranch rifle. But inside, where it counts, it’s the same gun.