Sample Assault Weapons Letter

[JALLEN]

Sample Letter to Congress In Support of Reauthorizing the Assault Weapons Ban

As Chief of Police in (name of town), I am writing to urge your support for reauthorization of the federal assault weapons ban. As you know the ban, which was first passed in 1994, required domestic gun manufacturers to stop production of semi-automatic assault weapons and ammunition magazines holding more than 10 rounds except for military or police use. Since the law was enacted, the ban has proven remarkably effective in reducing the number of crimes involving assault weapons.

But wait.... there's more!

http://www.theiacp.org/PublicationsGuid ... spx?id=527

[The Annoyed Man]

Who wants a chief of police who thinks that the people in his/her town are subjects instead of sovereign citizens?

[The Marshal]

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Published in 2004....

Are one out of five police officers really killed
killed with “assault weapons”?
The Violence Policy Center, a gun control lobbying group, claims this in their 2003
report titled Officer Down. This report is an example of the slippery definition of the
term “assault weapon”. In calculating their statistic, the Violence Policy Center
counted firearms not included in the federal “assault weapons” legislation they seek
to renew.
Fact: This “study” included firearms not on the Federal “assault weapons”
list. Including these legal firearms1 inflated the statistics almost 100%.
Fact: Once the phony data is removed, the homicide rate with “assault
weapons” falls to less than 10% of all police firearm homicides.
Even then, these numbers seem to contradict what federal government findings before
the 1994 “assault weapon” bill was passed.
Fact: Only 1% of police officers killed in the line of duty were killed using
“assault weapons”. They were twice as likely to be killed with their own
handgun.**

I referenced this, because the "Sample Letter/Propaganda" referenced the 1in5 Officers nonsense...

[JALLEN]

Who wants a chief of police who thinks that the people in his/her town are subjects instead of sovereign citizens?

One of the refreshing things about moving back to Texas is a Sheriff or Chief of Police who believes armed good citizens are an aid to effective law enforcement, not a hindrance, or worse, enemies thereof.

[philip964]

Who wants a chief of police who thinks that the people in his/her town are subjects instead of sovereign citizens?

The mayor of Houston.

And probably the mayor of New York and Chicago.

[packa45]

What about the chief of police in Austin.... Formerly law enforcement from the Great People's Republic of Commiefornia (LA to be exact)... Don't think he would even read any new information or rebuttal information.

[trentwhite778]

Are one out of five police officers really killed
killed with “assault weapons”?

I read it as 1 in 5 officers that have been killed in the line of duty were killed with "assault weapons."
So even if that's true, all they're saying is 4 out of 5 were killed with something else! Way to go after the 20% rather than the 80%.

But I highly doubt that figure is accurate by any means.