Myth Buster Post (Sandy Hook and Debt Ceiling edition)

By: dberryhill (Diary)  |  January 16th at 08:02 AM  | 

#1: There is no such thing as an “assault weapon”. It is a made-up term not unlike the “fiscal cliff”. When the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 was written (the law containing the Federal Assault Weapons Ban), the ban applied to weapons of certain cosmetic characteristics, some of which had little or nothing to do with how effective a weapon is. | Read More »