Deadly Weapon Quotes
Many gun rights advocates are surprised to learn that the communities of the old West had gun control. And it was far stricter than most cities have had in modern times.
The United States has agreed to this treaty. The principle is part of the law in most states except Florida and a few other jurisdictions which have adopted “stand your ground” legislation.
This quotation is a classic case of conflation. The politician who is asked about the dangers of assault weapons and who is opposed to gun control, observes that a pencil could kill someone and that a terrorist MIGHT attack with a pencil. Therefore she conflates the semiautomatic rifles like AK47s with pencils. No one would think of legislation making it difficult to obtain pencils; therefore she makes the gun control efforts appear trivial and silly. The problem is that many Americans are killed every year by weapons designed for assaulting in battle and killing an enemy. No one can find the a case where anyone ever assaulted and killed another person by stabbing him in the heart with a pencil.
