The Million Mom March took place today, Mother's Day. And, it was estimated that 2,000 people were present. The purpose of their march was to build support of the Assault Weapons Ban - a useless law that restricts semi-automatic magazines that hold over 10 rounds.
The other day Congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy, D-NY, was on the teevee proclaiming that the AR-15 was an "assault weapon" and had no other purpose than to kill people. Back during the short era of the D.C. Sniper, the AR-15 was called a "sniper rifle", but that moniker seems to have fallen out of favor with the anti-gun movement. I guess the AR-15 is an "assault weapon" again.
Anyway, I was at the Midland Shooters Association Rifle/Pistol range Saturday where they had a Practical Pistol and Tactical Rifle match. Before the rifle match there were around a dozen rifle shooters milling around while the match director finished constructing the shooting scenario. A glance at the rifle rack suggested that most if not all of them were going to be using AR-15s. So, I asked the group a question. "Does anyone use an AR-15 for hunting?" Around four immediately spoke up in the affirmative, and one of them rattled off a list of varmints that he hunted with his. So, the AR-15 is used for hunting by roughly a third of the shooters in that informal survey. The remainder use it for recreational purposes, rifle matches, practice, etc.
In any event, the Assault Weapons ban is a useless law and a waste of our lawmakers time. Let's allow the thing to die a quiet death when it sunsets this September. May it rest in peace.
Coda: They got rid of a bunch of old gun magazines (the paper kind) at the rifle/pistol recently, and I rescued a couple of boxes of them. Eventually, I'll go through them all, but most recently I looked at one dated December 1964 and noted an ad for the new varmint rifle, a Colt AR-15. And the most intriguing aspect was the price: $189.50. What a bargain!
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