The (Fire)Arms of Another

By: dberryhill (Diary)  |  January 28th at 12:20 PM  | 

There is so much disinformation and reckless ignorance being spread in this debate over firearms, it’s hard to know where to start. Let’s start off with the assertion that a ban of any kind of arms will stop school massacres. For now, let’s leave aside the obvious fact that if you have a ban on firearms, the only people who will have firearms are government | Read More »

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 »