Gun Control Lunacy

There appears to be a preoccupation with disarming the law abiding American citizen under the guise of gun control. Pending in the United States House of Representatives is HR 45, which essentially eliminates self-protection and provides for more layers of bureaucracy and criminalization for anyone who legally owns firearms. What, one must ask, precipitates the continuing need to disarm the law abiding citizens of the United States? In my humble opinion, we have a government run amok with power obsession and pandering to greed and political dishonesty. Public disdain for the questionable application of Troubled Asset Relief Funds(TARP) and other "bailout" initiatives, suggests that the politicians and their high roller contributors fear the thinking that led to the Boston Tea Party. We are not a nation of "gun nuts" out of control. We are a nation whose government is out of control.

Eric Holder, United States Attorney General, wants to re institute the ban on "assualt rifles", to stem the flow of firearms to Mexico. "Assault rifles" as defined by the Federal Assault Weapons Ban (AWB) of 1994, are "certain" semi-automatic rifles that resemble fully automatic rifles employed as weapons of war. Mr. Holder, how in the name of sanity, does a resemblance constitute the same as? Firearms manufacturers produce many variations of sporting rifles that function in the semi-automatic mode. What the firearm looks like has nothing to do with how it functions. If a Red Ryder BB Gun is fitted with a stock to resemble and AK-47 or an M16, an assault rifle has not been created. To the best of my knowledge, at this point in time, the weapon of choice of criminals and terrorists world wide, is fully automatic, particularly, the AK-47. Fully automatic firearms manufactured after 1986, are legal only to the military and police in the United States since the passing of the Firearms Owners Protection Act of 1986. If assault weapons, the United States Defense Department's Defense Intelligence Agency book Small Arms Identification and Operation Guide explains, "assault rifles" are "short, compact, selective-fire weapons that fire a cartridge intermediate in power between sub machine gun and rifle cartridges.", are produced only for the military and police and the importation is banned, where are the "assault rifles" originating?

The recent spate of legislation aimed at disarming American citizens for some greater good is nothing less than insidious obfuscation for the sole purpose of total government control of its citizenry.