The gun-lovers freaked and the ATF blinked. So goes the story when the federal agency charged with regulating ammunition blinked after a huge backlash sparked by the gun lobby. Contrary to what many shoot-em-up proponents contend, this issue did not start with Obama wanting to take away all our guns and lock us up in Democrat Reeducation Camps.
It all started with Ronald Reagan. (Remember, that Republican president who got shot?) Yup, back in 1986 when he signed the “Law Enforcement Officers Protection Act,” which was supported by, quoting Reagan here, the “International Association of Chiefs of Police, National Sheriffs Association, Fraternal Order of Police, International Brotherhood of Police Officers, Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association, National Association of Police Organizations, National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives, National Black Police Association, National Troopers Coalition, International Union of Police Associations, Police Executive Research Forum, Police Foundation, Police Management Associations, and the Major City Chiefs.” Hmm, this doesn’t sound all that Socialist or even Kenyan now.
So don’t be fooled by the line that Obama wants your guns. Reagan wanted to protect the police. The reason popular ammunition that was recently legal may be banned, is because the gun industry is making new handgun death machines that can use the same non-lead bullets as an AR-15, thereby changing the classification of the ammunition. (The law Reagan signed allowed rifles to continue using “cop killer” ammunition but banned it if it could be used in a concealable handgun. Now that the gun industry decided to make handguns that can use the same ammo, the same ammo can now be banned.) Prepare for the NRA to use this as a huge fundraising scheme that will help them reach their goal of a gun in every church, school and lunchbox, yay! Enjoy the cartoon, keep your head down and be sure to dig into the links behind the cartoon.
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Hello, shooters and shoot-ees!
Shoot-em-up Charlie here, celebrating our recent victory over the evil socialist Kenyan president who wants to ban your ammunition! [blam-blam!]
But he’s not the only one . . . Ronald Reagan is now considered evil, too, because he’s the lefty gun control nut who signed the law— and said mean things about cop-killer bullets!
They’re not cop-killers, they’re force-multiplying projectiles combating the scourge of armored deer!
And should remain legal at all costs! [blam-blam!]
I mean, if Congress doesn’t pass laws to protect cute kids from bullets, do you really think we should be protecting cops from them?
And I don’t care if first responders do support banning cop-killer ammunition . . . I’m on the scene before they are anyway. [blam-blam!]
It’s good to know I’ve got the sure-fire support of the NRA and so many members of Congress, no matter what!
We’re even winning over the ATF!
So keep puttin’ whatever in your whatever— our next goal is to make sure you can do it wherever— with concealed handguns everywhere!
. . . and watch out for those armored deer!
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