Time to ban one of America’s favorite weapons(seattle)

seattletimes.com ^ | 9/9/2016 | editors

[rktman]

NO matter how many times the gun lobby says it, more guns won’t make Americans safer.

That’s especially true of semi-automatic rifles like the AR-15. America has seen again and again the lethal cost of these weapons of destruction deployed in civil society, from Newtown, Conn., to Orlando, Fla., to San Bernadino, Calif., to Umpqua Community College to Mukilteo.

Although these so-called “assault weapons,” fitted with high capacity magazines, are used in a small fraction of America’s gun homicides, they are terrifyingly powerful when deployed. Such weapons resulted in 155 percent more people shot and nearly 50 percent more people killed compared to other mass shootings, according to an analysis by the gun control group Everytown for Gun Safety.

[rktman]

Oh, 'terrifyingly powerful'. I see. In that case, NO! But such an attempt would at least guarantee that no bad guy would ever again be able to get one. NOT!

[Little Ray]

It would guarantee that ONLY ‘bad guys’ had the weapons.

[Candor7]

Yes, leave Americans defenseless against Alahwahoo Whackbar!
What an idiotic article.

[SkyDancer]

Could be, perhaps, maybe, sometime in the future ....

[firebasecody]

And no matter how many times these morons chant it, does not make their meme true. Automobiles are still more dangerous.

[Parmy]

May I suggest to the Seattle Times, this. How about banning the bad guys, first?

[Yo-Yo]

Although these so-called “assault weapons,” fitted with high capacity magazines, are used in a small fraction of America’s gun homicides,

Which means that if they're banned then at best only a small fraction of America's gun homicides will be prevented.

So is the point to save lives or to ban all guns, starting with the most 'scary?'

[hillarys cankles]

The depth of the ignorance of these liberals is sometimes mind boggling.

[DonkeyBonker]

Whew, good thing I have an AM-15, mine won’t be banned.

[alancarp]

"Such weapons resulted in 155 percent more people shot and nearly 50 percent more people killed compared to other mass shootings..."

Great example of taking data and using it way out of context.

If you had the magic wand to spirit the AR-15 out of existence entirely, it will not result in fewer killings in mass shootings... you'll simply have another 'terrifyingly powerful' gun to villainize because the bad guys will just pick a different weapon.

[NorthMountain]

analysis by the gun control group Everytown for Gun Safety.

Hah.

"Anal", for sure.

[Billthedrill]

The usual tripe.

Such a law clearly would limit a constitutional right and should be carefully crafted.

I believe the word they're looking for is "infringed". Yes, it would. And yes, "shall not be" is the requirement. By "carefully crafted" the authors mean "cleverly worded to get around the Constitution". Yeah, we know.

If lawmakers can have an honest discussion this year, they’ll find a majority of the public favors a ban. A poll commissioned by Ceasefire, a gun-control-advocacy group, found that nearly two-thirds of residents in Washington and Oregon favor banning assault rifles and big ammo clips.

I doubt that any "honest" discussions are going to come out of dishonest polls commissioned by gun prohibitionist lobby groups. And what on earth is a "big ammo clip"?

What is embarrassingly obvious is that the editorial board of the Times is proudly and crashingly ignorant of the entire field and hopes to make legislation on the strength of that ignorance. It wouldn't be for the first time.

[Iron Munro]

Those consarn liberal racists !!!

[PROCON]

Here come one of many editorials in support of Washington State's Attorney General's recent call to ban sale of these "dangerous, scary-looking assault weapons and the equally deadly and HORRIFIC, Humongous and rather large High Capacity magazines."

The sad thing is that these anti-2nd Amendment initiatives will probably pass because of the liberal, anal make-up of the typical W. Washington voter.

Out here on the East side of the state we're much more conservative.

[Iron Munro]

The depth of the ignorance of these liberals is sometimes mind boggling.

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

I believe an equivalent case can be made for banning newspapers.

[Bubba_Leroy]

Although these so-called “assault weapons,” fitted with high capacity magazines, are used in a small fraction of America’s gun homicides, they are terrifyingly powerful when deployed.

English Translation: They look scary and I don't want one so you should not be permitted to own one.

[falcon99]

This article is filled with statements like: “NO matter how many times the gun lobby says it, more guns won’t make Americans safer.” with no facts to back them up. Any facts presented are from liberal academia or liberal think tanks. However, most times, they make statements from liberal talking points with zero facts to support. So typical of anti-gunners.

[Iron Munro]

Better pick up one of these - Just in case.....

[Bubba_Leroy]

a majority of the public favors a ban.

A majority of the public also favors a ban on stupid reporters.