The 2nd

Joe Biden's Pledge
Joe Biden is at it again... recently declaring "But guess what? We’re going to ban assault weapons again come hell or high water.”

Let's ignore the Unconstitutionality of this pledge for a moment and focus merely on the dishonesty and deception.

• An AR-15 (or similar) is NOT an 'assault weapon".   By military definition an 'assault weapon' is fully automatic (i.e. a machine gun) while the AR-15 is semi-auto.
  • If the Democrats were at all honest they would state that they seek to ban ALL semi-automatic weapons... instead of invoking scary 'assault weapons'. 
• Over the past two years, Joe had both the House and the Senate... and they did nothing.  Now that Conservatives control the House his pledge is disingenuous at best.

The 1994 Assault Weapon Ban
Joe goes on to brag about the effectiveness of 'his' 1994 Assault Weapon Ban, which is also total deception.  In the 1994 AWB an 'Assault Weapon' was defined as follows:

1. A semi-automatic rifle with the ability to accept a detachable magazine and at least two of the following banned features.
   1. A folding or telescoping stock.
   2. A pistol grip.
   3. A bayonet mount.
   4. A flash suppressor or threaded barrel.
   5. A grenade launcher

I'm not aware of anyone ever robbing a convenience store at bayonet-point... AND... grenades were (and are) illegal as 'destructive devices'.   Manufacturers merely removed the 'banned features', except for the pistol grip and continued to sell warm, cuddly 'Sporting Rifles'.

The rifle in the top picture is a vicious 'Assault Weapon'... see the bayonet lug protruding below the front site.  The lower picture is an identical Colt AR-15 with the bayonet lug milled off...

Joe's 1994 AWB was an epic failure.  There was no decrease in gun violence.

The ban also greatly increased interest in the AR.  Prior to the ban there were fewer than 1 million ARs in circulation but that number increased rapidly after 1994.  Today, it's estimated that there are 20 million civilian-owned ARs.  

With 20/20 hindsight, many view Joe Biden as the greatest AR booster in history.
www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2021/04/08/the-1994-assault-weapons-ban-in-review/

I encourage y'all to watch this 1-minute video from Katie Hopkins.   [12/30/2023] - Unfortunately the socialists censors at YT have removed the video.