Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Did Charlie Sykes.....??

Sorry--I only heard his lead-in to the segment.

But during the lead-in he said that .223 rounds were 'high-powered' (they are not) and that 'multiple-round magazines' should be banned.

The .223 is called a "mouse gun" by many members of the US military.

He also said something to the effect that military-pattern rifles are not 'hunting weapons.'  Umnhhhh...really?

Rifles patterned on the M-1 and its descendant, the M-14, are commonly used as hunting weapons, as are AK-pattern rifles.  They have smaller magazines than the AR/M-16/M-4, true.  And I'll agree that a hunting rifle does not need a 100-round magazine.

But then, the 2A is not about hunting, is it?

But as we learn below, ARs are not "assault weapons" as defined by the US military.

So please correct me if I'm wrong.  If Charlie merely was doing a setup--so as to knock down the straw-men--well, good on him.

If he was not, is he serious?

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

But then, the 2A is not about hunting, is it?

No, it's about Waco of course. How did that work out?

Anonymous said...

"Rifles patterned on the M-1 and its descendant, the M-14, are commonly used as hunting weapons..."

Hunting women and children.

Dad29 said...

Waco: wasn't that where Clinton slaughtered a bunch of innocent children?

Using flamethrowing tanks?

It worked very well for Statism, indeed. I'm sure you're happy.

Anonymous said...

Waco, wasn't that some Christian nutjob who put several innocent children in mortal danger by not complying with the feds???