Myth: Nobody needs an assault weapon

Fact: Recall the Rodney King riots in that anti-gun city of Los Angeles. Every major news network carried footage of Korean store owners sitting on the roofs of their stores, armed with “assault weapons”.¹ Those were the stores that did not get burned to the ground, and those were the people that were not dragged into the street and beaten by rioters. “You can’t get around the image of people shooting at people to protect their stores and it working. This is damaging to the [gun control] movement.”²

Fact: There are many reasons people prefer to use these firearms:

• They are easy to operate
• They are very reliable in outdoor conditions (backpacking, hunting, etc.)
• They are good for recreational and competitive target shooting
• They have value in many self-defense situations

Fact: There are many sports in which these firearms are required:

• Many hunters use these firearms
• Three-gun target matches
• Camp Perry competitions, especially the Service Rifle events
• DCM/CMP competitions
• Bodyguard simulations

Fact: Ours is a Bill of Rights, not a Bill of Needs.

This is an excerpt from “Gun Facts” by Guy Smith, available free from http://www.gunfacts.info