Some days, those who would command govern represent us just make it too easy for, among other things, finding “post fodder.”

In the shadow of Michael William Nash’s demonstration of his 2nd Amendment rights on Saturday, according to The News…

Twelve Michigan House Republicans have sponsored a bill this month to the name the AR-15 “the official rifle of this state,” drawing criticism from opponents who labeled the proposal unserious and inappropriate.

For those who don’t know, the AR-15 is a semi-automatic rifle. Bear that in mind when reading the following.

State Rep. Brian BeGole, R-Antrim Township, a former Shiawassee County sheriff, was the primary backer of the AR-15 measure and said in a statement issued Tuesday that thousands of people in Michigan own an AR-15. […] “This distinction recognizes these law-abiding gun owners who are often vilified just for having a firearm as a hobbyist or to keep their homes and families safe," BeGole said.

That’s some hobby. Keep their homes and families safe. Safe from the government BeGole has represented most of his life, according to the oft-debated 2nd Amendment.

However, Ryan Bates, director of End Gun Violence Michigan, said BeGole’s bill was about “worshiping the rifle that is the preferred weapon of mass shooters.” […] Bates noted that on Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a federal ban on bump stocks, a rapid-fire gun accessory that was used in a mass shooting at a music festival Las Vegas in 2017.

“That shooter used 23 AR-style rifles modified with bump stocks to kill 58 people and injure nearly 500 in mere minutes,” Bates said. “We now live in a world where any deranged person can turn an AR-style rifle into a machine gun capable of firing 400-800 rounds per minute, a level of firepower that quite simply overwhelms law enforcement.”

We all know that rabbit and pheasant can get pretty mean. And who doesn’t like their venison pre-ground? To quote my favorite philosopher and thinker, myself…

It’s forever High Noon in this nation of cowboys.

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  • Chuymatt@beehaw.orgEnglish
    4·
    5 months ago

    Who the hell has a state gun? What about a state utensil? (Spork, obviously). State automobile? (That’d cause a civil war)

    This is asinine…

    • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      5 months ago

      The answer is usually votes, but this one’s a puzzler.

      Conservative guns nuts were voting Republican anyway.

      People on the fence will, at the very best, see this as a silly waste of time, and at worst, remember that at the polls.

      Then you got the ever-so-rare liberal gun nut, such as myself, who wasn’t voting GOP anyway and finds this tacky as hell.

      And there are the ever ignorant “facts” being spewed about.

      turn an AR-style rifle into a machine gun capable of firing 400-800 rounds per minute

      I doubt Mr. Bates has ever lifted 400-800 rounds. 13-26 30-round mags, per minute?! One time I fired a 30-roung mag as fast as I could (semi-auto). Couldn’t hit shit and my arm was shaking, struggling to hold the barrel up. And Mr. Bates says a man can do 13-26x faster?

      And while we’re at it, I hesitantly support SCOTUS’ ruling. Seems the argument is that bump stocks convert rifles into machine guns. Well, they still don’t fit the very narrow legal definition of machine gun. And we’re all for the rule of law, even if we don’t like the results, right?

      To me this is adjacent to the “high-capacity magazine” debate. Sounds scary to ignorant ears, but those of us who shoot and understand guns wouldn’t be caught dead with a bump stock or a 50+ round magazine. Or anything with a Punisher logo. All for idiots too dumb but to advertise their stupid.

      • Nasan@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        2·
        5 months ago

        Cyclic rate doesn’t sound scary to the uninformed, the dumbing down of facts leads to a lot of this sensationalist garbage. Almost like a bad game of telephone.