New VPC Research

Using the power of GoogleFight, we are able to accurately study current crime and political trends. This is a data collection method that is foolproof and can never be doubted.

Gun control has over six million Google hits compared to a paltry five for “gun rights”. This proves that hunters and shooters are a dying breed. [However, if you are a hunter or shooter, feel free to join the AHSA. You won't die out then, we promise --ed]

Unlike what the Gun Blobbers claim, we did not invent the term “assault weapon”. This unbiased sample clearly shows that “assault weapon” outnumbers “assault rifle” by a 10,000:1 margin.

Clearly, due the NRA and the Gun Blobby, most people on the Internet believe that murder “is good”. This explains why homicides are up this year and why gun control is absolutely necessary.

Speaking of Gun Blobby, the “Blobby” seems to definitely outnumber the old Gun Lobby. Behold:

Assault Weapon Deadliness Chart

Many of the Gun Blobbers complain that we do not provide an accurate representation of the capabilities of assault weapons. To counter this, we have prepared a chart to explain The Facts to them.

The shocking deadliness is clearly evident. No doubt the assault weapon known as the “Ruger 10/22″ earned its name from its ability to kill twenty-two people for every ten shots fired.

Since the evidence is so clear, we have some Reasonable Steps to reduce gun violence:

• Limit all firearms to one round or less. (Multi-barrel firearms are forbidden.)
• Outlaw all handguns.
• Outlaw all red dot sights, forward grips, barrel shrouds, barrel “monkey’s paw”, synthetic stocks, thumbhole stocks, and extended pistol grips.
• Outlaw short barreled shotguns. (Barrels now must be over 32″ in length.)

This will definitely reduce crime rates in the inner-city and stop terrorism. Our children will thank us.

Assault Weapon Terror

Those crazy Gun Blobbers claim that they have a right to own dreaded Assault Weapons. They claim that we abused the term in order to score cheap political points, that most assault weapons count as heavy weapons or utilize explosive warheads. That it is a term so vague it can be used to ban almost anything we choose. Well, we think our dear leader Josh Sugarmann explained it best:

“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. In addition, few people can envision a practical use for these weapons.”

-Josh Sugarmann, Assault Weapons and Accessories in America, 1988

That should clear up the NRA Liars rumor. Assault weapons clearly are machine guns.

Additionally, the Gun Blobbers try to use technical information to hide the facts about assault weapons. One lie is that assault weapons are only marginally faster than Lee-Enfield bolt-action rifles. Well, we say Lee-Enfield rifles are assault weapons as well. A bolt-action assault weapon, such as the Lee-Enfield, can fire at a frightening rate of 20-30 rounds per minute, with an absolute maximum rate of 38 rounds per minute. An M1 Garand, a semi-automatic assault weapon, can fire from 16-24 rounds per minute. The Lee-Enfield is therefore 25% even more deadly than all other assault weapons.

However, the M1 Garand also has a maximum rate of fire of 50 unaimed shots per minute. That makes all semi-automatic assault weapons even more deadly than bolt-action assault weapons. The ability to fire unaimed shots is truly what differentiates minor assault weapons (the Lee-Enfield) from major assault weapons (the M1 Garand).

It goes without saying, lever-action and pump-action rifles are in the middle of the deadliness scale.

Hat tip to Jadegold.

.50 Caliber Terror

Delving right into things, let’s talk about the evil .50 BMG weapon. The NRA and their bigoted cohorts known as the Gun Lobby Gun Bloggers (hereafter referred to as “Gun Blobbers”) make excuses for the existence of such a weapon. They claim that, technically, more powerful rifles can be made and, in fact, have been made. They also claim that it is incredibly unlikely that a jet airliner could suffer enough damage to bring it down, or that a terrorist likely won’t even hit the target. They further question how we can be sure a terrorist would even target a jetliner with a rifle of such limited power.

Here is our answer:

Because we say so.

Let’s look at some facts. A .50 BMG round can:

• Crack an engine block.
• Crack the engine of a plane and, absolutely positively, kill everyone on board easily.
• Kill Superman.

Yes, the Man of Steel can be easily killed by this bullet. The .50 BMG round can penetrate over one inch of steel. Superman’s skin is only the equivalent of half-an-inch of steel armor. Lex Luthor is sure to buy this weapon, kill Superman, then shoot down a hundred airliners, including Air Force One. With Superman dead, they’ll be no one available to save those airliners from crashing. Our most vital component of aviation safety will have been disabled.

Ronnie Barrett must therefore be barred from making these firearms ever again.

Greetings

This is the first post for the VPC blog. I hope we’ll have a good long relationship in exposing the lies and deceit of the NRA and gun lobby.

Together, we will triumph over adversity and speak truth to power!