Issue: Assault Weapons; NOT 2nd Amendment
Sub “assault weapons” for NRA-speak (4)
* Combatting NRA deflection and obfuscation to stay focused *
“I haven’t heard a strong, loud outcry for assault weapons² control,” said hard-of-hearing House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) in an interview on Friday, February 24.
“All of these failures of government to properly deal with mentally ill people make people strengthen their resolve on why they need assault weapons² for their own protection,” he said.
“Let’s close loopholes, let’s figure out what went wrong with government before people start talking about taking away the assault weapons¹ of law abiding citizens,” Scalise told on Fox News on Monday, March 26.
From Congressman Steve Scalise’s House website, he proudly touts the credentials that earned him an A+ rating from the NRA.
A strong supporter of the assault weapons¹, Scalise has sponsored and cosponsored legislation protecting citizens’ right to keep and bear assault weapons². In the 112th Congress, Scalise introduced H.R. 58, the Firearms Interstate Commerce Reform Act, which improves law-abiding citizens’ ability to purchase assault weapons². The bills Scalise has recently cosponsored include H.R.645, a bill to restore assault weapons¹ rights in the District of Columbia and the National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2011, H.R.822, which would ensure national reciprocity for concealed carry permit holders. Congressman Scalise’s pro-assault weapons¹ stance has earned him an A+ rating from the National Rifle Association. A member of the Congressional Assault Weapons¹ Task Force, Congressman Steve Scalise will continue fighting to protect every citizen’s assault weapons¹ right to keep and bear assault weapons².
(1) substituted for “Second Amendment”, “rights”
(2) substituted for “arms”, “firearms”, “guns”
Note: At the time that the now-defunct Federal Assault Weapons Ban passed in 1994, the U.S. Department of Justice said, “In general, assault weapons are semiautomatic firearms with a large magazine of ammunition that were designed and configured for rapid fire and combat use.”
