Emily Miller is an excellent spokesperson for gun rights: beautiful, intelligent, facile and media friendly. But this appearance is not her best. First of all, fully automatic firearms are not outlawed by the National Firearms Act. (A fact she later alludes to but doesn’t state outright.) Second, her antagonist is right: why should we outlaw machine guns as defensive weapons? TTAG’s Armed Intelligentsia will argue that all day long. Third, defending a ban on full-auto firearms because “we as a society have decided” opens the door to the counter: why shouldn’t “we as a society” decide to ban semi-automatic modern sporting rifles? The proper distinction here (as we’ve mentioned many times) is that . . .
aimed weapons are OK. Weapons of indiscriminate mass destruction are not. Say yes to the bazooka! Other points of information . . .
Lanza did go into Sandy Hook Elementary with a handgun. A semi-automatic Bushmaster AR-15 is different from the hunting guns of yore, which were bolt action. The cartridges used in most modern sporting rifles are different from the calibers used for hunting back in the day (.223 vs. .308, .30-30, etc). Half the owners of AR-15s are not former military and law enforcement. They account for less than 30 percent of MSR ownership.
As for agreeing that NICS background checks need to be improved before they’re expanded, I know that’s the official NRA and NSSF position. But they have to say stuff like that. A conservative pundit can tell it like it is. The system sucks, it will always suck, it degrades our firearms freedom and it needs to go away.
Again, Emily’s good for gun rights. But she needs to bone-up on her gun facts and think it out again.
I told you this story wouldn’t go away. We don’t take our gun rights lightly and an investigation was imminent.
And what difference does that make. What if dad (or Mom) was an Army MP or AF Security Police? When someone in a uniform frightens school children then we really have arrived at a Police State.
Sorry, but quoting statistics on the number of spinal chord injuries caused by gunshots, average cost of treating non-fatal gunshot injuries versus fatal gunshot injuries, etc., etc., is just so much blah, blah, blah. To attempt to respond is getting bogged down in a swamp of b.s. stats. If they don’t like the second amendment (I personally like all of the amendments), then work to change the constitution and stop trying to legislate your way around it. I don’t need a new study with more statistics to tell me people can be violent, I figured that out early in youth.
In her defense ,NFA is tantamount to a ban in some places.Just ask our komrades in California and Mass.
Why do you guys at TTAG keep saying Lanza is guilty? I noticed this a few days ago. He’s never been proven guilty. All you have is the “official narrative” and they continue to refuse the release of evidence. (Which is highly unusual.)
In all fairness, you should at least preface your statements with “alleged.”
And yes, I am saying he’s innocent (until proven guilty.)
Robert, Robert, Robert….
Instead of sword fighting with editorials in the USelessA Today, can you PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE find your way on to MisleadingSNBC and whipsaw Mika, Joe, Rachel or Lawerence on the 2nd Amendment.
PLEASE!
For the love of God.
Correct me if I am wrong but didn’t Colt market the Colt “Sporter” rifles back in the 60’s? Seems to me that it was just a civilian version of the M-16.
I face-palm’d a little in this video clip. When the guy brought up the bazooka and full auto machine gun, she seemed to freeze up.
If he wants to own a bazooka, fine, check your state and local laws to see if you can. She should have used it as a way to show how the laws are in fact limiting everything we can own.
It took a while but she finally said…if you want a fully auto machine gun, fill out the paperwork and apply (and of course check your local laws).
Why should it be anyone else’s business if an individual wants to take his or her own life? A person has the right to live their life and end their life as they see fit.
Individuals, families, and doctors can handle this issue on their own without interference from society or government. We, as a society, should try to help those that want it, but we should not stand in the way of someone who no longer desires to live.
The gun debate in this issue is irrelevant.
Just be glad the report was on MSNBC. So no one really saw it.
No one who counts anyway.
“Stay off mah lawn yah rotten hipsters!”
Something tells me this letter is far above the reading
(and comprehension) level of most members of MDA.
“The denizens of the Sunnybrooke Retirement Home were hellbent on seeing the redwoods of Yosemite one last time before they went to the casino…”
Aye, give me a sec boys I’m laying on me left testicle.
I recently purchased one of these, for about $575. I’ve been shooting it several times a week for a month or so, and really enjoying it so far. As others have said, it’s built like a tank, accurate and I like the weight and feel of it. I did switch out the grips for Hogues. I’m not crazy about the look of the stock Ruger grips, and the Hogues have a better feel (IMO). As far as the trigger pull is concerned, this may be one of those “your mileage may vary” situations. Maybe the grip switch helps…I dunno. It’s a pretty stout pull, for sure, but manageable. My other revolvers are a S&W model 19, and an LCR (.38). I honestly can’t tell a lot of difference in the DA pull between the model 19 and SP101. Anyway, as far as I’m concerned it’s great little gun…my first .22 handgun…no regrets.
Meprolights has poor customer service. Buy Trijicon.
Looks similar to the flame retardant shirts designed to be worn under body armor. No chest pockets, lighter material on the torso. Also probably why the badge is on the belt. Throw the vest on and you’re 90% fully dressed.
There’s a big surprise – someone in PA knows nothing about guns…
Always looks like he’s ready for his daily enema.