Posted on 09/13/2014 9:27:30 AM PDT by rktman
In a stunning op-ed released Friday, the NY Times finally admitted that “assault weapons” are a made-up political term fabricated by anti-gun Democrats.
Op-ed writer Lois Beckett also admitted that once the term was manufactured and used to outlaw a class of weapons that dishonest anti-gun Democrats had used to con an entire nation, nothing happened.
(Excerpt) Read more at bearingarms.com ...
Link to Times article in this report.
Too late to save the Remington jobs.
Fine. Give back our stolen rights. Now!
The NYT has said several things lately that made me think hell is freezing over.
Wonder if they’re worried about ISIS coming for them?
Once rights are abolished by government, they will never be re-instated.
They’re worried about their plummeting advertising revenue....it seems liberal BS, sold as fact, eventually catches up. This fish wrapper has been losing money for years just like the MSM has been losing viewers. Liberals will accept this until the loss catches up to them and the paychecks of the fat cats start to fall!!How do you think MSNBC stays on air with no significant viewership!!
Beckett is a free-lance writer, not an employee of the NY Times.
An Op-ed is not the position of the paper, it is the position of the writer.
Only an editorial from the editorial board of the paper is the view of the paper.
Now, the writer is a left-winger from ProPublica, so it is something of a surprise to read. Hopefully, it can be the start of a debate on the left to focus on the people problem, rather than the tools they use to commit crimes.
Well, what else is new?
I’m waiting for the catch line in this one.
Once we lose a right, we don’t get it back. NFA, GCA and FOPA will stay on the books. The BATFE will continue to exist.
Ahem, I think you mean "Conversation on the left".
The Left doesn't debate, they're unarmed. Unintended pun.
“Assault weapons aren’t really the problem....ALL guns are.”
Assault Weapons:
2X4
hammer
crow bar
rock
stick
” .... anti-gun Democrats “ -—
That would be about 99% of them. They would take away all our guns if they could get away with it. They only say they’re pro gun ownership because they know it’s necessary to get elected.
Almost impossible. The main reason is that at least half of Americans are ignorant do gooders and never change their minds.
Been there, done that: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2969732/posts
Indeed, any cops losing their pension in Detroit should know better that government benefits and privileges are only temporary baits.
Eschewing yesterday’s mindless hysteria with new, improved mindless hysteria. It’s hard to believe anyone would pay money to be exposed to the NYT’s harebrained drivel.
Cops in Mexico are not so much corrupt as making sense.
They know once they get retirement, they lose the gun privilege and are at the mercy of narco terrorists because the stupid government is too incompetent and paranoiac. So, they get their protection from narco terrorists.
It is coming here with now FBI agents cooperating with islamists because our military has been neutered.
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