Latest right-wing meme- "No assault rifle used at Sandy Hook"

[gulliver]

66. Sophism and obscurantism

The Republicans who are backing the NRA down the line on all of this foolishness think it makes a difference if you have a "bayonet lug" or not. It reminds me of something out of Monty Python. The NRA's greasy lobbyists have been making these absurd "devils on the head of a pin" arguments for a couple decades, and look where it has landed our country.

Seriously, "the rifle was outside in the trunk of the car" of a maniac who murdered children, and that means that the rifle is ok. What kind of idiot makes an argument like that? Maybe if Lanza had more time, he would have run out to his car. Then, per the numbskulls, there would have been an argument against the rifle.

And, my goodness, it wasn't technically an "assault weapon" if the framistat bolt isn't upright near the frobnication spring. These people are complete imbeciles, intellectually defenseless, yet standing there with their little fists in the air. Yes, Virginia, you can change the definition of words, legally and culturally. Yes, you can make assault weapons illegal. Yes, you can keep modifying the law to include other weapons and other features in the banned categories.

Why all this quibbling anyway? If I were an employer, I would find a reason to fire anyone who had one of these pervo weapons. If I saw one at a guy's house (or in his car, or slung over his back in a J.C.Penney), I would find a way for that fact to turn up in Google so that other people could ID him, fire him, divorce him, whatever.