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  • Blowing up gun myths (Maroon Alert)

    11/29/2004 9:00:30 AM PST · by TERMINATTOR · 64 replies · 1,866+ views
    Madison.com ^ | November 29, 2004 | An editorial
    At the risk of noting the obvious, Sunday's deadly confrontation between a semiautomatic weapon-wielding Minnesotan and a group of hunters in northern Wisconsin can and should be factored into debates about the availability of semiautomatic and automatic weapons. When hunters in Sawyer County confronted the Minnesotan - a 36-year-old Hmong immigrant named Chai Vang who was in a deer stand on private property and told him that he would have to leave - several of the greatest myths that are peddled by opponents of gun control exploded.To wit: • Myth One: A semiautomatic weapon is just another kind of gun.When...