The problem with most of the changes and stuff like "cop killer bullets", "assault weapons" and "30 round magazines" is they don't address the real issue.
How many police officers have been killed by a "cop killer bullet"? KTW ammunition was never available to the general public. The cop killer bullet was a ruse to get a law that was so vague that it would have banned rifle bullets. The NRA proposed legislation which actually was very defining in what bullets should only be sold to law enforcement and the military. The NRA sponsored legislation passed in 1986! However the anti-gun crowd and media ignored it and put it down as ineffective. As Paul Harvey would say that is the rest of the story. Rather than opposing the banning of cop killer bullets the NRA was instrumental in the law that banned them from private use while protecting our rights by not having common rifle rounds banished. This a far truth from the fairy tale that you hear in the media that the NRA opposes anything and everything that is firearms rights related.
So if we told the whole story about the NRA and the legislation it has helped to design and pass in Congress we would see that the NRA also believes in some common sense stuff like criminals getting punished for possessing and using firearms, harsh punishment for using firearms in crimes, banning certain types of ammunition from public use and adjudication and reporting of people like the person that shot Rep. Giffords.
A firearm is an inanimate object which needs a person to use it. The people that misuse the firearms are the problem. Not the 99.9% of legal law abiding citizens whose firearms have never done any harm except when used for legitimate self defense which the Supreme Court of this land has ruled is a legitimate right of an American Citizen.
Is the problem caused by "cop killer bullets", "30 round magazines" or "assault weapons". NO! its the people that misuse them.
The politician will lie to you and tell you that all we need to do is pass a law and we will all be protected. A law merely defines a societal norm it is only as good as the enforcement. Or as we have found that when some laws are not defined well there are unintended consequences that sometimes eliminate the peoples rights and do nothing to protect them.
The NRA has been that barrier that keeps the common sense solution in the laws and prevents those who would sneak vague and critical stuff that would harm our rights in the long run.
Do I see eyeball to eyeball with the NRA 100% of the time? No! However, they are one of the best protections of our rights pound for pound. Ask President Clinton about crossing swords with the NRA.
The ultimate goal of some anti-gun people is the banning of all firearms. They will use the terms above to garner public sympathy for their cause to back door in vague stuff that can be used to ban firearms.
Hitler was pretty smart when it came to propoganda.... From Mien Kampf
"Propaganda must not investigate the truth objectively and, in so far as it is favorable to the other side, present it according to the theoretical rules of justice; yet it must present only that aspect of the truth which is favorable to its own side. (...) The receptive powers of the masses are very restricted, and their understanding is feeble. On the other hand, they quickly forget. Such being the case, all effective propaganda must be confined to a few bare essentials and those must be expressed as far as possible in stereotyped formulas. These slogans should be persistently repeated until the very last individual has come to grasp the idea that has been put forward. (...) Every change that is made in the subject of a propagandist message must always emphasize the same conclusion. The leading slogan must of course be illustrated in many ways and from several angles, but in the end one must always return to the assertion of the same formula."
Does this sound like the formula you see in some media articles these days?
So what are "cop killer bullets", "assault weapons". and "30 round magazines" if not stereotyped formulas to get the attention of the public?
So when you see an article using these stereotypical terms do some research for the truth....
Bust up the Myth that the NRA has opposed all firearm legislation and has in fact come up with some pretty good laws that help to protect people and law enforcement officers while protecting your rights.