Junto Boys

Here’s a great story about how CNN misrepresented the gun law passed in 1994. Anti-gun supporters have long used the argument that dangerous fully automatic weapons are being legally bought and sold all over the country, although automatic weapons have been illegal since 1934. CNN does the same by showing a policeman shoot an automatic weapon, and listing it among the weapons that were banned in the 1994 law that is now expiring.

The 1994 law was pretty arbitrary in the weapons that were banned. That’s when the term assault weapon got a lot of use. But there was really no difference between the banned guns and the guns that were not banned. The banned guns just looked more dangerous.

Now that the law is to expire, be on the lookout for more hysteria governing this issue. We’ll no doubt hear stories about how children will suddenly be in danger if the law isn’t re-instated.