Reply #3: Assault guns (WV)

[MrBenchley]

"NO OTHER civilized nation lets people roam about with rapid-fire, mass-killing, military-style assault weapons with huge magazines. What possible purpose could these murder instruments have, except to slaughter humans, as they’re designed to do?
In 1994, after mass slayings of schoolchildren, office workers and police officers, Congress imposed a 10-year ban on 19 types of assault guns in America.
The ban will expire Sept. 13 unless Congress extends it. Right-to-bear-arms advocates are demanding that it die, so they can obtain more 75-shot weapons.
As the Sept. 13 deadline approaches, we hope this state’s members of Congress muster enough courage to defy the gun lobby and vote to continue protecting Americans from mass-murder devices."

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