More people are killed with hammers and clubs every year than rifles, of which “assault weapons” are but a subset. Ban assault hammers now!
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The right of the citizens to bear arms in defense of themselves and the State …
More people are killed with hammers and clubs every year than rifles, of which “assault weapons” are but a subset. Ban assault hammers now!
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Sledgehammers are massive devices whose only purpose is to hammer large things, like heads.
You have blood on your hands if you want a sledgehammer.
The problem is, a large set of the people who pay attention to the “assault weapons” argument also think “there is no legitimate use” for semi-autos.
I’ve been saying this since 1993 when I publicly challenged Diane Feinstein; so-called “assault-weapons” kill fewer people than the number of people killed by lightning strikes.
Not necessarily. Volokh deconstructs Breitbart’s article here: http://www.volokh.com/2013/01/03/are-blunt-objects-more-common-homicide-weapons-than-rifles/
Deconstructs is a little too strong, he’s saying the quality of the reporting to the FBI is too low to be sure, “[…] I don’t think one can say with any confidence that rifle murders are less common than blunt object murders.”