Don’t Support A Ban Assault Rifles

I saw this poster on Facebook and had to respond.  How do you gently explain to one of your ‘friends’ that by supporting the progressive agenda to remove military style weapons from private ownership and use, that such a ban does absolutely nothing to protect honest citizens, and in fact puts them at even greater risk?

To start with, the term Assault Rifle was a creation, a scary and frightening name made up to sway the public's opinion in order to push through legislation which would eventually remove any military style weapon from the private sector. The left continues to push their anti-2nd Amendment agenda at every opportunity as they rely on knee jerk public reaction after any violent incident. In the Orlando attack the media reported that the weapon used was an AR-15 Assault Rifle when in fact it was not. Facts are not a strong suit for reporting any more when it comes to pushing an agenda.

All that said, do you really believe that criminals (to include corrupt government officials), mass murderers, psychotic drugged out nutcases or radical Islamic terrorists are going to abandon the use of any weapon regardless of it having been banned?

So what you are demanding is that law abiding citizens give up their right to defend themselves from criminals (to include corrupt government officials), mass murderers, psychotic drugged out nutcases or radical Islamic terrorists. 

The 2nd Amendment was included as part of the Bill of Rights to protect individuals from that day when their government became so corrupt as to turn on its citizens. We are getting ever closer to that day and you are joining in with that corrupt government's recognition that an armed citizenry is much more difficult to enslave. History has shown that a disarmed citizenry is far too easy to control.

“That the said Constitution shall never be construed to authorize Congress to infringe the just liberty of the press or the rights of conscience; or to prevent the people of the United states who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms...”  -- Samuel Adams, in “Phila. Independent Gazetteer”, August 20, 1789

 

I'll leave it at that and hope you come to realize the importance of individuals having access and ownership of advanced weaponry, even to match the standard issue weaponry being used by the military.