[GovernmentShrinker]

Yeah, but why wear yourself out hiking all the way up to the deer when you can hit him from FOUR MILES AWAY with your spiffy .223 caliber "sniper" rifle? (The cluelessness of these hoplophobic Democrats is truly amazing sometimes, ain't it?)

[SauronOfMordor]

Yeah, but why wear yourself out hiking all the way up to the deer when you can hit him from FOUR MILES AWAY with your spiffy .223 caliber "sniper" rifle? (The cluelessness of these hoplophobic Democrats is truly amazing sometimes, ain't it?)

They're not clueless. They know perfectly well they're spouting nonsense. It's just that they know the average non-gun-owner is unlikely to know it's nonsense, and the media is unlikely to call them on it, so it's a useful thing to say to advance the gun-banning agenda.