It's the anti-gun lobby. Bloomberg's band of morons who believe a government monopoly on force is good.

These bans are almost exclusively in states with already extremely strict (high rated by the gifford's law people) gun laws.

So far, there is zero evidence in the last 30 years more strict gun laws have curbed crime. The states with the strictest laws conveniently have the highest proportion of gun crime. The same people writing these laws don't understand what "per capita " means. Nor are they willing to confront the reality of what the data shows. The calculus for these petty tyrants has changed from banning guns wholesale to lawfare. Make owning and purchasing firearms so burdensome the market dies, and with it, the rights. This is just another play in that strategem.

Fun fact: More people died last year putting foreign objects in their rears than by AR-15s. That is how insane the anti-gun lobby has become. They are literally barking at their own shadow these days.

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goostavos 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

No amount of FBI stats about how often "assault" rifles are used will change people's minds. They don't like them and so want to take them away.

I don't know how to square the same people saying we're living under a tyrannical government also pushing legislation that makes sure said tyrannical government is the only one with guns.

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jajuuka 3 hours ago | parent [-]

I can't square people who think owning a gun will stop or prevent a tyrannical government. Especially when the tyrannical government just leverages its supporters as a vigilante force.

	▲	throwway120385 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		The problem with that thinking is that you have to have the will to act to stop tyranny, and no amount of armament will give you the will or the foresight to see it.

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whyenot 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Do you have a reference or at least some hard numbers for your "fun fact"?

	▲	15155 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Long gun homicides (justified and unjustified, "assault weapons" and grandpa's 30-06 combined) are typically sub-500 per year, see: FBI crime stats for the last N decades. Pick whatever demise: falling off of ladders, roofs, etc. - it's not hard to exceed this number in any given year.

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dekhn 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Can you redo your "fun fact" but include all types of guns?

	▲	Dylan16807 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Well there is a lot of weird focus on entirely the wrong things when criticizing guns.