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Watch Out For These Anti-Gun Words And Phrases

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Mark Chesnut
June 26, 2017


In case you haven’t noticed, gun ban advocates have their own code, using words in different ways than they were meant to be used in order to suit their purposes. For Second Amendment advocates, recognizing those words and phrases—and knowing what they really mean—is an important step in the battle to stop those who would kill the right to keep and bear arms.

While the list is long, here are five to know and recognize.

Gun Violence — Fact is, there is really no such thing. Anti-gun advocates like to lump any kind of misuse of a firearm—including suicides and accidents—under this term in order to make it sound like guns are inherently bad and people should not own them. They even call self-defense shootings “gun violence.” The term “criminal violence” better encompasses what they are describing, but gun-haters seldom blame anything on criminals when guns are such an easy scapegoat.

Loopholes — Antis like to talk about the “gun show loophole” or “private sales loophole.” In reality, they are referring to legal commerce in firearms that they haven’t been able to outlaw yet. The laws regulating gun sales are the exact same at gun shows as they are anywhere else. And the private transfer of firearms has been legal since the founding of our country.

High-Capacity Magazines — A high-capacity magazine to gun-banners is simply a magazine that holds more ammunition than they think you should be able to have. For AR-15s, a 30-round magazine is the standard capacity. If, in fact, a 10-round magazine were standard for that platform, gun haters would no doubt push for limiting magazines to five rounds.

Weak Gun Laws — Also sometimes referred to as “easy access to guns,” this is another code phrase for, “We haven’t been able to outlaw everything we want yet.” In a May op-ed, Slate.com blamed the San Bernardino, Calif., and Orlando, Fla., terror attacks on weak gun laws and easy access to guns. In truth, California has some of the most stringent gun laws in the country, and the killer in Orlando underwent a background check and even a waiting period to purchase his firearms.

Gun Safety Groups — This is one of the media’s favorite misdirections, referring to those who advocate for more restrictive gun laws as “gun safety groups.” Gun-ban billionaire Michael Bloomberg even named one of his anti-gun organizations Everytown For Gun Safety. In truth, these groups don’t really care about gun safety, and they don’t train anyone to be safer around firearms. They have simply co-opted the term since they know putting the words “ban” or “control” in their names reveals their true purpose. Remember how the Brady Campaign was once named Handgun Control Inc.? America’s true gun safety group is the National Rifle Association, and it has been for more than a century.




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#3 ·
It's really not necessary to have that "DEMOCRAT-Liberal Dictionary & Glossary of Terms and Political Speak Phrasing" book.

Simply condition your mind to immediately discount anything they say as being false or a twisted perversion of their truth. Once you get past taking anything they say literally, life is much easier.

Alan
 
#4 ·
My conversations end with the first reference to a magazine as a clip. I am too old to try and alter the course of nature... I can't cure stupid. So I don't try.

 
#5 · (Edited)
Orwellian words and/or terms as easily recognizable if you have even the slightest discernment.

Leftist/socialist/communist propaganda is laughably easy to spot.

"Gun Violence" I find one of the more laughable/bogus terms as my imagination conjures up images of guns, all by their lonesome, shooting at each other.

As to getting vexed by the use of improper firearm nomenclature by the unschooled, personally I don't get too worked up about...though I know it grits many a tooth...

So, someone calls an AR 15 an assault rifle. I don't care. Big whoop. Hearing it called a Modern Sporting rifle sounds even more lame to me.

Some call an adjustable wrench a Crescent wrench even if it's manufactured by Proto or Craftsmen. Again, nothing to get bothered about.

We all have our pet peeves.

One of mine is, if I'm buying (fill in the blank) Mr. Register Clerk, don't ask for my phone number/address/zip code/birthday/my Mother's maiden name, and so on. It's none of the stores business. My buying a bunch of carrots and onions isn't an opportunity for you to demand personal information. Yes, yes, I know I could fabricate, but that's isn't why I'm somewhat aggrieved with these questions. It's the principle of the thing.

I'm of the opinion if more people (politely, no need to be harsh with the clerk) simply remained silent when asked personal question, this type attempted invasion of privacy would go the way of the buffalo...
 
#8 ·
More gun control-speak from the Bolsheviks: "reasonable" and "common sense" when applied to restrictions. They also grossly misuse the term "child" when reporting accidental deaths. Then there are the old standby terms -"Saturday night special" and "cop killer bullets." Watch out for gotcha questions like "why does anyone (or do you) "need" a certain firearm, or this or that weapon has no "sporting use." The term "arsenal" is used by the loony Left to describe any collection of more than one gun.
 
#9 ·
The reality of all this poopoo is that we have enough laws on the books now to control violence, on every level. Instead, we allow the criminals to get off easy, then call them a victim of laced gun laws that make them repeat violators. They say it costs too much, yet we pay millions and millions in support of planned parenthood and their killing machine. We pay millions and millions to support some weirdo make a painting of someone of importance dressed in drag (National Endowment of Arts). We pay outrageous incomes to do nothing employees who receive pensions that are bankrupting states (Illinois).

Our priorities are not same as the governments; but they do not care. They use this lack of income illusion to press for more outrageous laws that restrain the American citizen more and more.

I am just so tired of all the smoke and mirrors. Is it me? Is it because I am just older and less tolerant? Os it it that I am just getting wiser hanging out with all you folks?
 
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