"When some of my friends have asked me anxiously about their boys, whether they should let them hunt, I have answered, yes - remembering that it was one of the best parts of my education - make them hunters."

Henry David Thoreau, 1854


“A citizen who shirks his duty to contribute to the security of his community is little better than the criminal who threatens it.” - Robert Boatman


Sunday, September 28, 2008

SULLUM: Revenge of gun owners


Jacob Sullum
Sunday, September 28, 2008

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The specifics of Mr. Obama's views may turn out to be less important than the sense he's an urban sophisticate unfamiliar with firearms and does not even understand the gun control laws he supports. In a 2004 debate, Mr. Obama explained the rationale for the "assault weapon" ban this way: "Unless you're seeing a lot of deer out there wearing bullet-proof vests, then there is no purpose for many of the guns." He thereby conflated the "assault weapon" and "armor-piercing bullet" issues, apparently not realizing that ordinary hunting ammunition can penetrate "bullet-proof vests."
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