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Originally Posted by pnac
I'll go a bit further and say that many do know the difference, but admitting that wouldn't suit their political agenda.
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And you'd be right. Consider
this fun memo from the Violence Policy Center:
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Although handguns claim more than 20,000 lives a year, the issue of handgun restriction consistently remains a non-issue with the vast majority of legislators, the press, and public (...) handgun restriction is simply not viewed as a priority.
Assault weapons, just like armor-piercing bullets, machine guns, and plastic firearms, are a new topic. The weapons' menacing looks, coupled with the public's confusion over fully automatic machine guns versus semi-automatic assault weapons (anything that looks like a machine gun is assumed to be a machine gun) can only increase the chance of public support for restrictions on these weapons.
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Those guys used to have a great deal of sway in political circles.