Another Bout of Hypocrisy

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http://www.sfgate.com/news/politics/article/Gun-ban-would-protect-more-than-2-200-firearms-4284174.php


Here is an article re-posted by SFGate (don't normally read them, but pulled it anyway) from AP.



I just want to point out a few things

One model of that firearm, the Ruger .223 caliber Mini-14, is on the proposed list to be banned, while a different model of the same gun is on a list of exempted firearms in legislation the Senate is considering. The gun that would be protected from the ban has fixed physical features and can't be folded to be more compact. Yet the two firearms are equally deadly.

I'd like to note that a stock Mini-14 cannot fold in any way, shape or form. Unless you change the stock to a para-style, it's going to very similar to the rifles of yesteryear, and the supposed "physically fixed features" rifle.

"What a joke," said former FBI agent John Hanlon, who survived the 1986 shootout in Miami. He was shot in the head, hand, groin and hip with a Ruger Mini-14 that had a folding stock. Two FBI agents died and five others were wounded.

I'd like to say this man is a hypocrite. Now, I would never wish this upon anyone, nor would I say he got what he deserved, but let's make notes here-

1. He joined the FBI, and should have fully understood the consequences of his line of work, which can include, but not be limited by-

a. Potential dangerous situations involving criminal elements who disregard law, and the officers of the law
b. knowing, that criminals, who disobey set laws by state and federal authorities, will attain highly illegal materials including, but not limited to
-illegal weaponry, including high explosives, armor piercing rounds
-safehouses to store illegal materials and/or protect criminals activities
- drugs, which they will protect without disregard to human life, or law


these points, which create a problem for his understanding of the limits of gun ownership, cloud his view of reality.

Here is some more of the article.




Both models of the Ruger Mini-14 specified in the proposed bill can take detachable magazines that hold dozens of rounds of ammunition. "I can't imagine what the difference is," Hanlon said.

President Barack Obama has called for restoring a ban on military-style assault weapons and limiting the size of ammunition magazines.

A bill introduced last month by Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. would ban 157 specific firearms designed for military and law enforcement use and exempt others made for hunting purposes. It also would ban ammunition magazines that hold more than 10 rounds.

Yet there are firearms that would be protected under Feinstein's proposal that can take large capacity magazines like the ones used in mass shootings that enable a gunman to fire dozens of rounds of ammunition without reloading.

Feinstein said in a written response to questions from The Associated Press that the list of more than 2,200 exempted firearms was designed to "make crystal clear" that the bill would not affect hunting and sporting weapons.

The December shooting at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn., that left 26 students and educators dead forced Washington to focus on curbing gun violence, a risky political move not tried in decades.

The gun industry, which is fighting any sort of ban, says gun ownership in the U.S. is the highest it's ever been, with more than 100 million firearms owners.

Obama and Vice President Joseph Biden have traveled around the country in an effort to gain support for new laws. Feinstein's proposal is the only sweeping piece of legislation designed to ban assault weapons currently being considered.