Either President JoeBiden knows what he is calling for, or he wants to restrict gun ownership without knowing anything about the guns he wants to restrict, writes ZacharyFaria. The result is the same.
Note that Biden did not say “assault weapons” or “assault-style weapons" — the liberal description of semi-automatic rifles that Democrats think look scary. Biden was not talking about AR-15s. He said it is “sick” and there is “not a single solitary rationale” for people to be able to own semi-automatic weapons. That includes handguns.
Handguns are the most popular firearms for self-defense. Using 2019 data from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, we canthat roughly 84% of all handguns manufactured in the United States were semi-automatic weapons. That number has stayed relatively stable over the years, including 85% in 2018, 84% in 2017, and 85% in 2016. Therefore, we can assume that roughly 85% of privately owned handguns are semi-automatic.
“Starting in 2009, Glock-type semiautomatic handguns, purchased for personal protection, began to outsell rifles, which have been typically used in hunting,” according to theThe rise in crime in the aftermath of the Black Lives Matter riots in 2020 led to a surge in gun sales, and with that came a surge in demand for handguns. “Demand for semiautomatic handguns rose at the fastest rate on record, with pistol production rocketing from around three million to 5.
Either Biden knows what he is calling for, or he wants to restrict gun ownership without knowing anything about the guns he wants to restrict. The result is the same: Biden would ban average law-abiding citizens from buying and owning guns to defend themselves at a time when Democrats refuse to prosecute criminals to the full extent of the law.
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