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| Expiration of Gun Ban Prompts Misleading TV Report and Ad |
| 2004-09-11 |
| EFL from CNSNews.com The Second Amendment Foundation is blasting ABC News for "distorting the facts" in a report that aired on Wednesday evening, Sept. 8. The segment opened with footage of a 1997 North Hollywood bank robbery, in which the robbers fired fully automatic weapons. The report by ABC News Correspondent Bill Redeker suggested that such firearms would be legal when the assault weapons ban expires at midnight on Sept. 13. The gun used in the bank robbery had been illegally modified, the Second Amendment Foundation said, "yet ABC News left the impression that such rifles will be available to the general public." "ABC's research on this story was either incredibly poor or deliberately distorted," said SAF founder Alan Gottlieb. "It's the same distorted reporting we saw in 1994, prior to the ban, in which the press faked footage in an attempt to portray ammunition from these guns as explosively lethal." The Second Amendment Foundation also complained that reporter Bill Redeker highlighted certain cosmetic features affected by the 1994 legislation. He said that folding stocks make "assault rifles" more "concealable" and the flash suppressor makes it harder to spot a shooter at night. "These cosmetic features have nothing to do with how a particular firearm functions or how lethal it might be," Gottlieb said. "That is why the 1994 ban -- which only affected the appearance of these guns, not their operation -- was nonsense to begin with. |
| Posted by:Super Hose |
| #10 President Bush is anything but an "idiot" on guns, passing the Concealed Carry law in Texas as Governor. He's not gonna let the AWB expire only to sign another one. As far was I'm concerned, armed citizens are our front line of defense against a terrorist attack here at home and I'm sure the President thinks so, too. And I like just about everything the President's doing, not just aggressively pursuing the WOT; that's why I can't wait to vote for him again--for the fourth time (2x for Gov, 2x for Prez). |
| Posted by: GreatestJeneration 2004-09-11 7:01:13 PM |
| #9 Um what makes anyone think that a real patriot obeys laws that are patent violations of the Bill of Rights? Show me where the Bill of Rights allows congress to regulate common firearms. Thats right you can't. The AWB is illegal no matter what SCOUTUS says. The millions of citizens that have built their own "assult weapon" from parts is not reported. |
| Posted by: Anonymous5430 2004-09-11 6:58:32 PM |
| #8 "ABC’s research on this story was either incredibly poor or deliberately distorted,".... Is Dan Rather consulting to ABC now? |
| Posted by: GK 2004-09-11 6:37:36 PM |
| #7 an idiot on most things? riiggghhtt |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-09-11 1:49:35 PM |
| #6 Bush is an idiot on guns. So what? He's an idiot on most things. We like him for the WoT, so we hold our nose and vote for him *despite* things like the AWB, runaway spending and No Child Left Behind. As for the Anti-Gun crowd, they'll have a lot of explaining to do next week when the world doesn't end. Me? I'll be waiting in a long line to buy an MP5... |
| Posted by: Iblis 2004-09-11 1:04:00 PM |
| #5 Actually, OldSpook, I'm afraid that that WILL backfire on us, because one of these days a AWB may (probably?) will be passed and then the president would be forced to sign or break his promise, and I'd rather see him do the latter ... |
| Posted by: Edward Yee 2004-09-11 12:03:31 PM |
| #4 Now repeat after me: SUVs and guns don't kill people; people kill people. So, passing laws to prohibit second amendment rights only affects law abiding citizens. |
| Posted by: Capt America 2004-09-11 1:47:09 AM |
| #3 What's amusing is that it's legal to own the fully automatic versions of alot of these 'banned' weapons. Gun control is the Left's way of turning citizens into serfs. |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2004-09-11 1:12:31 AM |
| #2 Heavens, you mean MoveOn forgot to include that in their ad? |
| Posted by: Steve White 2004-09-11 12:59:25 AM |
| #1 Problem for MoveOn is the Bush has PUBLICLY said that if the ban is renewed, he will sign it. Pissed off a lot of Gun Owners of America members. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2004-09-11 12:53:28 AM |