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“Assault Rifles” Debunked

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David Kenik (a.k.a., the rabbi) created this video for the edification of Rhode Island legislators looking to ban “assault rifles” in the Ocean State. While I’m not optimistic that the politicians in question will grasp any of the concepts therein, it must be said—and demonstrated—that RI’s AWB makes no sense whatsoever. And now it has been. What happens next? Senate testimony on Thursday with dispatches from same. Watch this space.

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Robert Farago is the former publisher of The Truth About Guns (TTAG). He started the site to explore the ethics, morality, business, politics, culture, technology, practice, strategy, dangers and fun of guns.

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  1. The army fosters technology, and technology breeds anarchy because it distributes the terrible machines of destruction. Even before this Jihad, one man alone could create and apply enough violence to ravage an entire planet. It happened! Why do you think the computer became anathema?
    Serena Butler

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  2. It may not sway the dedicated gun-grabber, but such an excellent presentation would help with any open-minded fence sitters. Is there a way to get on RI airwaves?

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  3. As a rule bad guys with a plan practice accordingly. See 1986 FBI incident.

    Cops with some exceptions shoot because of regulations.The results are predictable.

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  4. I honestly believe Piers is positive for our side.

    I believe rational people who are on the fence or even on the other side because of a lack of experience with a firearm or a lack of ever looking into gun rights outside of an event in the media know he does not make sense. His existence drives these people to seek their own conclusion elseware, which is usually a good thing for our cause.

    Those that buy into his stuff are a lost cause anyways and will always have an irrational paranoia about the ar15 no matter how much logic, statistics, and commons sense is made available to them.

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  5. Where’s my comment on how to take out these things?

    I put it in, but it didn’t show up. And when I re-entered it, I was informed it was a ‘duplicate’.

    If it’s a duplicate, where’s the original?

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  6. Question of the day: would Andrew Kitzenberg (the guy who took these pictures) have been justified had he shot the brothers from his third floor vantage point? What would you do in that situation?

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    • What would you do in that situation?

      I’ve been thinking about this for several days. The main question for me is whether I’d draw fire from the cops. I know that no good deed goes unpunished, but being hosed down by a bunch of LEOs handling a major adrenaline dump seems like a wee bit too much punishment.

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  7. As another suggestion, I think you could add a demonstration of how a pistol grip actually makes it more difficult, ergonomically speaking, to “shoot from the hip” since that seems to be the only (completely unfounded) complaint about them.

    Great job all around, though!

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  8. So clear, so concise and so accurate. I sure hope the elected officials in RI will listen and give it some thoughtful consideration.

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  9. Great job Rabbi. I just showed the video to one of my friends who doesn’t understand why we need these evil military style assault rifles. You did an awesome job breaking down the different aspects of the rifle, and my buddy is finally starting to see the light. I also think you should send this to the NRA and hopefully they could use it around the country. Keep up the great work.

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  10. The problem with the argument that “Assault Weapons” are no different than other firearms is that a) it’s true; b) they ultimately already know it’s true; and c) we’re making their argument that they should just go ahead and ban the rest, too…because that’s how their minds don’t work.

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  11. When we all saw Lucy pull the football from Charlie Brown, we all know she would grow up to be a gun grabber too!

    Elmer J. Fudd, as clueless about gun control legislation as he was about how to catch the rabbit!

    So sad they need to bring cartoons into the fight too.

    Honestly, with all the BS being funded by MAIG, I wonder how many do not really give a sh!t but happy to take Bloombergs money just the same.

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  12. Well, now that he has a record it should be a lot easier for him to get a job as a professor. That is a requirement to be a liberal professor these days right?

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  13. Did you people read the story about Reese Witherspoon this weekend? The idiot who wants to trample all over our rights and has pictures holding up those stupid I #DemandAction signs was arrested this weekend. Her husband was driving drunk and she started mouthing off to the officer. Saying things like “Do you know my name? You are about to find out who I am.” HAHA

    I wonder if she knows drunk driving kills more innocent people a year than rifles?

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  14. Stories like this make me completely sick…that people are capable of that. I can imagine no worse thing than to see my wife attacked and be helpless to defend her…

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  15. kinda off topic but whenever i watch jeremy wade on river monsters go to places like this i wonder if he has armed gaurds with him or not?

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  16. Assault Weopons are only used in a very small percentage ( about one fifth of one percent ) of homicides ,….on the other hand handguns were used for 72.5 of all homicides committed using a firearm……..congress has to be aware of these statistics ( I made sure of it by sending them to congress more than once ) I believe what they fear is the whole reason the second ammendment exists ……..

    “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”

    This was written because of britain , and to keep the people from being ruled over by the government again ,..the whole reason why this country was formed ,….to escape a invasive government that thinks that they rule the people,…..it is supposed to be the people ruling the government in america,….
    What has gone wrong? ….I can’t actually believe that its the people who want these ridiculous useless waste of money senseless laws ,……( maybe some people who are too stupid to think for thereselves and believe every lie that a politician tells them ) but it only takes a small amount of common sense to see just how idiotic this all is,……there is a whole other hidden agenda ,…..there has to be ,…those are some sneaky little bastards ( politicians )

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