New Calls for Assault-Gun Ban
Gun-control activists have renewed calls for the federal government to reinstate a ban on so-called assault weapons in the wake of Tuesday’s deadly shooting rampage in Alabama.
Stricter national gun-control laws face dim prospects in Washington, however, despite Democratic control of Congress and the White House.
Gun-control advocates say Tuesday’s bloody spree, in which 28-year-old Michael McLendon killed 10 people in southeastern Alabama before committing suicide, offers strong evidence of the need for an assault-weapons ban. Mr. McLendon used two assault rifles—an SKS and a Bushmaster—along with a shotgun and a .38-caliber handgun to fell his victims, according to the Alabama Department of Public Safety. He appeared to overwhelm police in an area where many citizens also own guns, for hunting or self-defense.
The weapons used in the Alabama shootings “are military-bred firearms developed for the specific purpose of killing human beings quickly and efficiently,” wrote a coalition of groups, including the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, in a joint release on Wednesday. “Today we call on the U.S. Congress to pass a federal assault weapons ban.”
get ready for the gun to spoon analogies and the oldie but goodie “pools kill more people”
Also, my personal favorite “projectile launcher”
Ahhhhh, guns that shoot 200 bullets in like 15 seconds…but, don’t get me wrong, they weren’t made to kill….