People want to ban the sale of rifles - specifically rifles that have been given the scary name of assault rifles even though there is no such thing. These are just rifles taken to the next stage of development. I own one and Eugene Stoner's design is wonderful - accurate, reliable, easy to use and to take apart for cleaning. From an engineering point, this design is pure rifle perfection.
Some interesting numbers for 2014 from the Federal Bureau of Investigation - from Shooters Log:
FBI 2014 Data: Hands & Feet, Knives, and Clubs Beat Out Rifles in Deadliness
The FBI just released its 2014 Uniform Crime Reports “2014 Crime in the United States” summaries, and there are some notable statistics gun owners might find interesting:
The estimated number of violent crimes in the nation decreased 0.2 percent in 2014 when compared with 2013 data, according to the FBI figures released Sept. 28. Property crimes decreased by 4.3 percent, marking the 12th straight year the collective estimates for these offenses declined.
The 2014 statistics show the estimated rate of violent crime was 365.5 offenses per 100,000 inhabitants, and the property crime rate was 2,596.1 offenses per 100,000 inhabitants. The violent crime rate declined 1.0 percent compared to the 2013 rate, and the property crime rate declined 5.0 percent.
Lots more numbers at the site but the numbers for rifles are especially interesting:
Because of ongoing calls to ban or restrict the capacity of AR-style rifles—or what some gun illiterates refer to as “assault rifles,”—it’s worth noting that murders by all rifles (as reported by the FBI) totaled 248.
“Other weapons,” aka clubs, bats, rocks and so on, were used in 1,610 murders.
Knives or cutting instruments were cited as the instruments in 1,567 murders.
In fact, the total number of murders committed by assaulters’ hands and feet totaled 660—more than double the homicides committed by all rifles.
Heh - the numbers do not fit their narrative. Does this stop them from crying out against the evil assault rifles? No. When someone presents me with compelling evidence that I am mistaken, I educate myself and change my mind. What do the progressives do? Hold to the same narrative because it fits their utopian religion. Stalin used the wonderful term: "Useful Idiots"
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