Second Amendment advocates frequently point out that many gun control activists’ focus on assault rifles is largely superficial. What distinguishes a regular semi-automatic rifle from an “assault-style” rifle often comes down to whether or not gun control activists believe it looks “scary.”
In a tweet that perfectly demonstrated this often superficial approach to what guns Americans should or shouldn’t be allowed to own, in the heat of the gun control push following the horrific Parkland shooting, gun control activist Moms Demand Action president Shannon Watts tweeted out an image of an intimidating looking gun that she noted can be purchased at Sportsman’s Warehouse:
You can buy this at @SportsmansWH if you’re 18. Tell them #NoGunUntil21 pic.twitter.com/85o34rbbD5
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) March 2, 2018
But as those with a little more knowledge about guns quickly informed the activist, she unwittingly picked about the least threatening rifle she could’ve chosen:
https://twitter.com/DavidSeel7/status/972655651066384385
That’s a bolt-action .22, which yet another more informed responder noted is a type of gun that can be purchased in just about any country that allows gun ownership, even those countries with far more restrictive gun laws than the U.S.:
This is a .22, a rifle with some of the least restrictions worldwide. You can get this rifle in any country that allows civilian ownership of guns.
If you raise the age of firearms purchases to 21, raise the voting age to 21 too.— David Sharpe (@Sharpie308) March 3, 2018
The point, noted Bearing Arms’ Tom Knighton, is that Watts, like many gun control activists, repeatedly privilege the looks of the gun over its function, thus pushing the issue via optics rather than logic.
This is a whole truckload of stupid even though it expresses the common and predominant argument of the left: if it looks scary, it must be banned. It doesn’t take a genius to determine it is nothing but a thinly veiled excuse to ban a large swath of guns even though it would solve NO public safety problems.
@Bill… Deplorable Me: Its the cosmetics they hate well Im no fan of blue eyeshadow, black fingernail polish, I even detest brightly colored streaks in hair, nose piercings and fake eyelashes.
Watts is just another of Bloomberg’s programed little Fem-Bots just like from the TV series Bionic Woman he programs them to say what he wants them to say
Three explosions in Austin, one of which killed a 17 year old kid. So, where are the marchers demanding box control and banning wrapping paper?
just another idiot trying to generate attention.