{"id":128,"date":"2004-09-15T09:30:21","date_gmt":"2004-09-15T09:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thewebgal.com\/wordpress\/?p=128"},"modified":"2004-09-15T09:30:21","modified_gmt":"2004-09-15T09:30:21","slug":"assault-madness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewebgal.com\/?p=128","title":{"rendered":"Assault madness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The madness is letting the ban on assault weapons lapse.\n<\/p>\n<p>I have relatives that own guns &#8211; no problem. They are sensible about them, keep them under lock and key, have taken gun safety courses. We&#8217;ve discussed guns and I have no problem with folks owning or keeping guns. But Assault Weapons are not in the same category.\n<\/p>\n<p>How can a President expect ANYONE to take him seriously when he claims to support law Enforcement then he lets a law end that banned automatic weapons like the AK-47, AR-15, MAC-10,Uzi, Tec-9.<br \/>\nWhat does this say to the average cop when the lawmakers allow bad guys can go out and buy this kind of military technology?<br \/>\nC&#8217;mon, does ANYONE think a sportsman is going hunting with an assault weapon &#8211; that kind of gun would shred game. Why does a private citizen buy a gun like this?\n<\/p>\n<p>\nOther than the &#8220;kick&#8221; of owning a gun that can pulverize anything you might aim it at (cinderblocks, trees, cars, etc&#8230;), the only answer I come up with is as protection against others who might have similar weapons &#8211; to prevent finding yourself at the wrong end of a self-defense gap! What can you do when you find a burglar in your home with a gun &#8211; why, you simply HAVE to empty your tommy-gun into the blighter, just to teach him a right-proper lesson!\n<\/p>\n<p> See <a href=\"http:\/\/www2.stopthenra.com\/\">http:\/\/www2.stopthenra.com\/<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p> Thanks to<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/brokengoalie.typepad.com\/eyv\/2004\/09\/me_and_my_ak47.html\">Eat Your Vegetables<\/a> for inspiration!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The madness is letting the ban on assault weapons lapse. I have relatives that own guns &#8211; no problem. They are sensible about them, keep them under lock and key, have taken gun safety courses. We&#8217;ve discussed guns and I &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/thewebgal.com\/?p=128\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gun-lobby"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewebgal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewebgal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewebgal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewebgal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewebgal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thewebgal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewebgal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewebgal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewebgal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}