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In reply to the discussion: What your uncle who watches FOX News all day is all worked up about (Fast and Furious) [View all]DanTex
(20,709 posts)I saw the plastic gun segment, and everything Rachel said was accurate. Congress did ban all-plastic guns, out of concern that they could pass through metal detectors. Also, Rachel never claimed that plastic guns had been manufactured. She pointed out, correctly, that a gun manufacturer had announced that they had the materials technology to do so. I'd say a good time to ban plastic guns is before they are widely manufactured, wouldn't you? After all, if you wait until every gun nut has three of them in his basement, and then try to ban them, the NRA will say "well what about all those plastic guns already in circulation."
On to cop-killer bullets. Yes, any high-caliber rifle bullet can penetrate body armor. But most handgun rounds cannot. So, in light of the fact that most gun crimes are committed with handguns, I'd say that banning armor-piercing handgun bullets is a pretty good idea.
On to the AWB. Yes, the AWB grandfathered in existing large-capacity magazines. It didn't make it impossible to get 30-round magazines, but it did make it more difficult, and the price of high-capacity magazines dropped after the AWB expired. Anyway, I'm pretty sure that Maddow and her staff were aware of this loophole in AWB -- I don't know exactly what she said. And even so, failing to neglect the grandfathering of existing high-capacity mags is hardly evidence of a trail of deception.