Posted on 05/20/2023 11:39:37 AM PDT by John Semmens
In Alpena Township, Michigan, 13-year-old Owen Burns thwarted the attempted kidnapping of his 8-year-old sister by using a slingshot to scare off the 17-year-old assailant. After being hit in the head and chest with pellets launched from the slingshot the would-be kidnapper ran away.
Presidential Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre cited this incident as "proof that the President's plan to outlaw AR-15 type rifles would not leave potential victims without recourse if they are attacked by criminals. If a teenage boy can do the job with just a slingshot there's no telling what a fully grown adult could do."
"As this example shows, non-lethal armament prevented a very serious crime from being carried out," she said. "Unlike situations where firearms are used for defense no one was killed. The right-wing claim that guns are necessary is debunked. As long as slingshots are freely available for purchase the Second Amendment right to bear arms can be preserved after private ownership of guns is banned."
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The FIB should not even have slingshots.
Actually, it does show the need for guns.
Let us see them go fishing in Grizzly country with slingshot protection.
I think it was Crosman that made a slingshot that fed 1/4” ball bearings from the bottom of the handle. I had a couple of them in the ‘70s. There would have to be some kind of restrictions on those.
Let someone face a criminal who has an illegally-obtained gun with a wrist rocket. See how quickly they’re laughed at and shot.
The trained minkey babbles......
Many places restrict Slingshot sales to minors.
Not a joke.
Sounds like a fully-semi-automatic assault slingshot.
Scary!
Probably fairly obvious, but I’m going to ask anyway: Is that a crude sight on the side?
Yeah. It could be switched to whichever side. Pretty accurate.
Felony of the fourth degree
In New Jersey, slingshots are considered per se dangerous weapons. Title 2c – The New Jersey Code Of Criminal Justice Section 2C:39-3 (e) makes possession of any type of slingshot without “any explainable lawful purpose” a felony of the fourth degree. What non-weapon, lawful use is not explained in the statute and is up to the judge.
Obviously self-defense is not a lawful purpose in new Jersey.
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