"This betrayal at the highest levels of our government is consistent with the other betrayals we have documented across the board," said William Gheen, President of ALIPAC. "The Executive Branch of the federal government has been caught lying about border security, leaving our borders wide open during a time of war, failing to protect states from invasion as required by the US Constitution, and now providing military grade arms to the invaders. We are calling on the Congress today to use all possible remedies including investigations, prosecutions, impeachments, and possible charges of treason." [More]
They asked me to look at it before they published it. Here's my response:
They're not really military grade weapons per se--the AK47s allowed to walk were semiauto variants--militaries use select fire weapons capable of multi-round bursts and/or full auto. It is an important distinction, as the anti-gun media often confuses the public on the difference in order to gin up hysteria for further bans, and the strategy for them doing this, either through ignorance or intent, is one invented and promoted by anti-gun groups. Besides which, full auto weapons manufactured after 1986 are illegal for civilian ownership, meaning the price of a pre-86 gun is many thousands of dollars, as opposed to hundreds for the semiauto version. Calling an AK clone an "assault rifle" and a Barrett, which many use for just plain fun a "sniper rifle" demonizes the tools. I know it does not gin up as much hysteria, but you'll alienate knowledgeable gun owners using the same terms the antis and the media employ. Suggest dropping "assault rifles" and using "semiautomatic", and dropping "sniper" from the Barrett ref.--sure, it can be used for sniping, but so can any accurate rifle.