Oooh, look, more PSH from the Brady Blog. And once again, it looks like they’re resurrecting ye olde “cop-killer bullet” myth. Looks like they’re getting desperate now:
Yet today assault weapons remain perfectly legal to buy in gun stores and gun shows across the country, in unlimited quantities. Perhaps even more shocking, the type of bullet many assault weapons fire (7.62mm full metal jacket) can penetrate four categories of police body armor. There is no legitimate reason the public should have this kind of access to military-style assault weapons.
Umm, Paul (or whoever writes this tripe), pretty much every flavor of centerfire rifle ammunition will penetrate soft, police body armor. This is why the armor is only rated for handgun rounds. And for that matter, 7.62x39mm ammunition isn’t especially powerful when it comes to rifles.
There’s your 7.62x39mm, with the even less powerful 5.56x45mm NATO cartridge used by the AR-15 to its right. In fact, the 5.56mm (and its non-NATO-branded twin, the .223 Remington) is pretty much the least powerful centerfire rifle round on the market. On the left are two of the most common rounds used by hunters. Both are much more powerful than the ones on the right. All of the above can pierce soft body armor.
So, yea, do you seriously believe the words that are spewing from your keyboard when you say they have no “legitimate” use? Are you seriously suggesting we ban all centerfire rifle ammunition? And most importantly, do you seriously expect us to believe you when you say you don’t want to ban all guns?
Anyhow, good luck trying to get that ban pushed through Congress. No, really, good luck. It would be quite entertaining to watch you try. It would be even more entertaining to watch your Constitution-hating co-conspirators in Congress get voted out en masse like they did in ’94..