"Assault Weapons"

"Of course, not everybody in American can buy a firearm—felons, drug addicts, illegal aliens and fugitives from justice, for example, can not—and ownership of fully-automatic firearms has been heavily regulated by federal law since 1934. And, of course, semi-automatic firearms, which have been around for more than a century, are used by millions of Americans for hunting, self-defense, recreational target shooting and in formal marksmanship competitions such as the Olympics.

Like all firearms, except for fully-automatic machine guns, semi-automatics—including those defined as “assault weapons” by the Clinton ban—fire only once each time the trigger is pulled. They also use the same ammunition as other types of guns.

“Gun control” advocates claim that various military-style attachments—attachments that in their minds re-define semi-automatic firearms as “assault weapons”—provide advantages to criminals. But even the rabidly anti-gun Washington Post admits, “Assault weapons play a part in only a small percentage of crime.” Data from police experts must be deliberately avoided by those pushing “assault weapons” bills. A clear case in point is the internal memorandum to California Assistant Attorney General Patrick Kenady that warned: “Information on assault weapons would not be sought from forensics laboratories as it was unlikely to support the theses on which the “Assault Weapons” ban legislation would be based." Source

Below are the words of someone else whom I agree with on their conclusion of the recently proposed gun-ban.

"So the statistics do not support Holder’s claims or the claims of anyone arguing that the so-called “assault weapons” ban would actually have a positive effect on crime.

Taking away my right to lawfully own a weapon does not help quell violence in Mexico, it simply takes more of our liberty at the hands of the Obama administration. This is becoming the standard operating procedure of President Government. Find some “crisis” to bring to the public’s attention, then use it as an excuse to take our freedoms and initiate socialist policies. In this case, we have to give up our 2nd amendment rights because of the corruption and drug crisis in Mexico."