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A knowledgeable firearms owner will take a look at the ridiculous definition and realize that such ham-handed legislation must be born out of petty vindictiveness or a complete ignorance of firearm technology, as there is no logical public safety rationale.
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I consider myself a knowledgeable firearms owner, and I disagree.
There is nothing
petty about it, and they clearly are not completely ignorant of firearms technology.
I've heard there is an old saying among sharks that goes something like this.
"pointing to the mud on someone else's fins will not improve your own swimming"...
and this is a similar thing. Attacking the morals or ethics of the people proposing these laws does not help us, and may, in fact reduce the impact of your message. " Petty, vindictive", "Bought and paid for", and even "ignorant" are personal opinions, could be considered personal attacks, and are best left out of our responses to..well..everything these people say and do.
If you have actual PROOF, brother, trot it out for the world to see, but if you don't, don't claim things about other people you cannot prove. That's one of their favorite tactics and if we become them, even if we win, we lose.
Welcome to the 21st century, where some people want to make you a felon for possessing a totally inert lump of plastic in a shape they disapprove of... or a spring loaded metal box larger than they think should be allowed...