According to National Rifle Association President David Keene, fully automatic weapons should be illegal.
As far as I know, this is actually news.
Keene, the father of a convicted road rage shooter, actually supports banning a category of firearm. Granted, for most people, outlawing machine guns would be a no-brainer, but let's remember the organization we're talking about here.
And, specifically, this guy: Wayne LaPierre.
In 1986, a ban on the manufacture of new fully automatic machine guns for civilian sale was added as a last-minute amendment to the NRA's federal flagship bill of the 1980s the "Firearms Owners' Protection Act," commonly known as "McClure-Volkmer" for its Senate (Jim McClure, R-ID) and House (Howard Volkmer, D-MO) sponsors. (A pool of pre-1986 machine guns registered and controlled under the National Firearms Act of 1934 remains available to private citizens under federal law.)
In all fairness, it should be noted that no NFA registered machine gun has been used in a violent crime. Such a weapon will cost one tens of thousands of dollars, assuming that you get ATF approval. Most of the NFA machine guns which are in current circulation are a relic of the Great War or WWII, and are possessed solely as a display within the confines of a museum, or as part of a corporate-owned NFA weapons collection. There is no public interest in the further regulation or prohibition of such expensive relics.
ReplyDeleteShall we list the sins of the Brady Bunch by comparison? Unlike your side, I don't require perfection in my allies.
ReplyDeleteIrrelevant topic Mike.
ReplyDelete"Keene, the father of a convicted road rage shooter"
ReplyDeletePeople always bring this up. What is this, some sort of reverse crime of blood?
Seriously. It's getting old. His son did something wrong. That somehow makes the father responsible?
Well, partly, yeah.
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