Anti-gun Group Wants to Ban Rifles "Too Accurate" for Civilians

Anti-gun Group Wants to Ban Rifles "Too Accurate" for Civilians



There is no such thing as "too" accurate.

David Chipman, a spokesman for Mayors Against Illegal All Guns which lobbies for an expansion of background checks for people buying guns, said the PGF "is not your grandfather's hunting rifle used for sport and recreation this is a weapon designed to kill with precision.

Really? Grandpa's old model 700 Remington is the base that the military uses to build their precision sniper rifles.  Then you have the Winchester model 70. The pre-63 models bring a premium because they were some of the most accurate rifles made.

"This technology potentially enables any two bit criminal to operate with the skills of a highly trained sniper," Chipman said.

Yeah, OK. I haven't seen to many 2 bit criminals with 25 grand to spend on a rifle.

Josh Horwitz, executive director of the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, describes the technology as proof that the gun industry is sacrificing public safety for profit, as quoted in the same Oregon Herald article:

"This is an industry hell bent on making weapons more lethal and taking no measures to extend safety," Horwitz said. "If this type of technology is transferred into semi automatic and automatic weapons, it would make it even more lethal."

 Yeah, the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence. Their goal is to disarm everyone except the government. They should really change their name to Collectivists Supporting Government Violence. Because that is what they really want. 

Again, in the same Oregon Herald quoted earlier, NGVAC CEO Elliot Fineman argued that private citizens must be limited by law to firearm technology that makes them miss at least 70% of the time:

… this product gives shooters a better accuracy than, on average, most cops," Fineman said. He said the target accuracy of most police is three out of ten.

"To think that private citizens that are not trained could shoot better than 3 out of 10, it's scary," Fineman said.

I want to know where those other 7 bullets went.

Again, in the same Oregon Herald quoted earlier, NGVAC CEO Elliot Fineman argued that private citizens must be limited by law to firearm technology that makes them miss at least 70% of the time:

… this product gives shooters a better accuracy than, on average, most cops," Fineman said. He said the target accuracy of most police is three out of ten.

"To think that private citizens that are not trained could shoot better than 3 out of 10, it's scary," Fineman said.  

He must have pulled those numbers out of his ass. 30% accuracy? Are we talking about the NYPD? They of spray and pray?