Reply #13: Most people who support an AWB are misinformed.

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And that's what the VPC/Brady/MMM count on... "ignorance is bliss".

True story. A female acquaintance of mine was visiting. She's what I call a "moderate gun-grabber"; as in "people should be allowed to own handguns, but we reigister cars, so why not guns"? (how many times have we heard that?). She had some interest in going to the range with me and had a lot of questions beforehand. I broke out a few of my firearms; handguns and rifles I thought would be best for her to start out on.

One of them was my pre-ban AR-15/M4gery; complete with collapsible stock. I figured that would be a good choice because of it's light weight and low recoil (she's also very short so the collapsible stock
would be a plus). She thought it was pretty cool looking and was surprised at how light it was. I told her it was an AR-15 and pretty much left it at that.

Fast forward a couple of weeks. I was over at her place and for some reason the subject of gun control came up. Again, the "moderate gun-grabber" spoke and said that "hunting rifles were okay, but people shouldn't be allowed to own assault rifles". I casually mentioned to her that the rifle she had been handling a few weeks prior was considered an "assault rifle". Her response, "well, I didn't know"
"what do I know about guns?" "you're supposed to be the gun expert". :eyes: