You deny the NRA began right after the KKK went underground?
I don't deny it. If it did its totally meaningless.
What was that, a coincidence?
Such coincidences happen all the time. Usually they don't even get noted as cooincideces. An uncountable number of things happened around the same time that the KKK was driven underground (esp. because it was something that happened over time, not all at once). Pointing to any of those things as connected to racism just because they happened at that time is just silly.
Also, why in God's name do any Americans need automatic assault rifles
Once again the "assualt rifles" in question where not fully automatic. They where semi-auto. One pull of the trigger results in one bullet being fired.
cop-killer bullets
" 1.
No police officer has ever been shot with so-called "Cop-Killer Bullets".
2.
The "Cop-Killer Bullet" legislation which the anti-gun crowd tried to pass would have outlawed all firearm ammunition which would penetrate the bullet-proof vests commonly worn by police officers. It would have outlawed almost all rifle bullets commonly used for hunting, since almost all rifle bullets will easily penetrate such body armor. In other words, if this legislation had passed as written by the anti-gun crowd, it would have had the practical effect of ending all "legitimate sporting" uses of rifles by outlawing the ammunition.
3.
The legislation which was finally passed had the desired effect of outlawing civilian use of bullets specifically designed for police use in piercing armor while leaving rifle bullets exempt, as well they should have been. This compromise legislation was passed with the NRA's full assistance, cooperation and support. "
alphadogweb.com
Why does the NRA support cop-killer bullets?
They don't of course. The fact that so many people are willing to believe such a wild notion is the most frightening thing of all. It shows the degree to which hoplophobes (people with phobias about guns) are out there running loose, willing to accept such nonsense. The constant vilification of honest gun owners by the media, drumming on the public's fears and ignorance, makes the problem worse, in the way propaganda used to plague communist countries. Repetition of even the most self-evidently outrageous lies eventually gains acceptance, defying all logic or reason.
If you look back on the legislative history, the first proposals to outlaw armor-piercing ammunition attempted to outlaw ALL lubricated bullets. This, basically, would have outlawed ammunition, since almost all of it is lubricated.
The NRA unequivocally and rightly objected to this outlandish proposal, one that would sweep away, by a trick, fundamental civil rights Americans have always enjoyed. The anti-rights crowd realized and didn't mind the breadth of the proposed ban. The media would have had you buy into this abrogation of your liberties.
It turns out, perhaps not so surprisingly, that NRA staff and members AGREED on restricting armor-piercing ammunition. Their primary, though completely unsung purpose, after all, is for safety and training. The NRA in fact drafted the extremely strong armor-piercing restrictions which are on the books to this day.
So when a reporters says, for example, "Many local police, in particular, despise the NRA for its insane opposition to a federal ban on Teflon-coated "cop-killer" bullets...," (Philadelphia CityPaper, April 2000), it may be right that the police believe it, but it's a total fabrication and reversal of the truth. If these unfortunately misinformed local police follow their mainstream media, then I have a pretty good hunch where they adopted such an aberrant notion.
I would also point out that the political epithet, "cop-killer bullet" is an insult and distorts our legal system. For one thing, it demeans the lives of these civil servants. And ANY bullet criminally fired at a police officer should bring the same swift punishment. There's no getting off easy because you used smallish bullets or some cheap gun, instead of something with a scary sounding name attached.
gunlaws.com
We decided to go to the source, to track down the inventor of the original "cop-killer" bullet, originally marketed as the "KTW" bullet. We found the "K" of "KTW," Dr. Paul Kopsch told us that the bullet was made exclusively for police and military use. And had nothing to do with protective vests.
Kopsch: "There were a couple gunfights, police versus criminal, here in Lorraine County, [Ohio]. The ordinary .38 Special service bullet would not get through the car door. And with any degree of obliquity, it bounced off the windshield. [Police] Lieutenant Turcus, Don Ward and I thought maybe we could design a bullet which would get through the car door, and get through the windshield and get the crook out of the car ...
Kopsch explained that the teflon coating, which a host of media and lawmakers alleged was the key to penetrating body armor, served one purpose. It helped bullets go through smooth surfaces, like windshields and car doors, especially at oblique angles. The former Army medical officer likened it to the teflon tip of a walking stick. It simply grabs better.
Kopsch: "Adding a teflon coating to the round added 20% penetration power on metal and glass. Critics kept complaining about teflon's ability to penetrate body armor. That was nonsense typical of do-gooders. In fact, teflon cut down on the round's ability to cut through the nylon or kevlar of body armor."
Thus, Kopsch and police officers Turcus and Ward invented the "KTW" round. It was designed to be shot by police and military through car doors and windshields at criminals, terrorists -- not, as Chief McNamara would have people believe -- through ballistic resistant vests worn by police officers.
Could the round penetrate such vests? Again, Dr. Kopsch ...
Kopsch: "It'll defeat the ordinary ballistic nylon or Kevlar vest, but as I said, the teflon gives away its purpose and detracts from it's ability to penetrate body armor. Moreover, no armored police officer has been killed by the round, and interestingly enough the man who brought this to national attention ws the Honorable Rep. Mario Biaggi, who was in the U.S. House of Representatives at the time. When he called attention to the fact that the police were wearing bullet-resistant garments, the criminals started to shoot for the head. So Biaggi may have gotten quite a few policeman killed ...
"We never sold [KTW] to the public. Sales were always limited to the police and the military. It had been available to the police and military for roughly five years before Biaggi started this ... it was a hoax on [Biaggi's] part that got him national publicity.
guncite.com
Following significant media hype and widespread misconceptions, Congress got into the act and proposed legislation that would have outlawed any bullet based on its ability to penetrate certain bullet resistant material. The FBI, Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms, and other forensic experts cautioned that the proposed ban was too vague to be enforceable. The NRA opposed the proposed law since it would have banned not only the controversial armor piercing handgun rounds, but nearly all conventional rifle ammunition as well. (Most rifle ammunition will easily penetrate the most commonly worn protective vests.)
The NRA proposed alternative legislation based upon the actual design and construction of the bullets. The final, approved version of the bill (H.R. 3132 passed in 1986) prohibited the sale of armor piercing ammunition [which may be used in a handgun] other than to law enforcement and the military. Representative Mario Biaggi (D-N.Y.) the original bill's sponsor, stated that the final legislation "... was not some watered down version of what we set out to do. In the end there was no compromise on the part of police safety..."
Gun control advocates and the news media jumped on the NRA's opposition to the original, vague and ineffective proposal. They ignored the NRA's contribution to the final legislation insisting to this day that the NRA wants "Cop Killer" bullets to be available to the public.
Here are the facts:
- "Armor piercing" ammunition is only legally available to law enforcement agencies and to the armed forces.
- Rather than opposing the ban on "armor piercing" ammunition, the NRA was in fact instrumental in crafting the law that Congress ultimately passed.
- When properly wearing the appropriate body armor, not one law enforcement officer has ever been killed by a handgun bullet penetrating their vest. The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) certifies three levels of body armor. The most commonly worn, Level IIA, offers realistic protection against all .22, .25, .32, .380, and .38, caliber handgun ammunition, against most 9mm, .357 Magnum, .40 S&W, .45 ACP and .44 Magnum handgun ammunition and against 000 buck shotgun pellets. Level II and Level IIIA armor protects from even greater threats including 12 gauge shotgun slugs and the "hottest" .44 Magnum rounds.
"Cop-killer" bullets are a myth born from media hype and nurtured by unrealistic Hollywood portrayals and the deliberately misleading claims of the anti-gun lobby. An objective, rational look at the facts quickly separates the myth from the reality. Knowledge is power.
guncite.com
Also see
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