I was watching Good Morning America today (I know), and Diane Sawyer was having a conniption over the sunset of the Assault Weapons Ban (AWB). She had the Detroit police chief and a rep from the NRA on, and wanted to know why people needed to own military-style weapons that spewed 700 rounds per minute.
I swear I am not making that up. The NRA rep tried to point out that machine guns are already regulated, and the AWB has nothing to do with automatic weapons. Sawyer insisted that she answer the question. She reiterated that the AWB was regarding cosmetic features on semiautomatic firearms, not about the functionality of the weapon. Your semiautomatic hunting rifle is fine. Your Ruger Mini-14 with a collapsible stock, flash suppressor, and pistol grip is not. Same rifle, same rate of fire, same round.
Diane, clearly flustered, said, "well, I guess we're not getting an answer to my question," and proceeded to advance her private position with the anti-gun Detroit chief.
These are the people that you watch on TV, and they influence public opinion. Yet they are among the most uninformed about the most important issues. They're pretty faces, and when it comes to things they know nothing of, they should keep their pretty mouths closed.
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The whole gun debate issue back in 92? when Clinton was first elected is what really got me focused on not trusting the news media. Being rather familiar with firearms and what they're capable of, I knew that 80-90% of anything they said, showed, or discussed was a distortion or flat out lie. I then started to think that if they're that wrong about this issue, what else?? And boy are they wrong. I wish they'd just drop any sense of objectivity and just come out and say Yep - we're liberal!
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