Quinter: New state ban on semi-automatics proposed

is somehow "designed to kill large numbers of human beings at once."

I wonder if that's why he thinks the police generally issue rifles with protruding handgrips...so they can mow down large numbers of people at once? Sheesh. Handgrips that are more vertical are simply MORE ERGONOMIC for firing a rifle from the shoulder than an 1800's style wooden stock like Mr. Quinter thinks we should all be forced to use, or else.

Not sure why he thinks deer enter into the equation...since the vast majority of gun owners DON'T HUNT...

It's clueless individuals like this that are responsible for the "Dems will take your guns away" perception, which the repubs use to their great benefit...

Not that they'll listen, but I'll write my reps in opposition to this one.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=118x123054

My own take is that this probably won't do much about crimes commited with firearms, as most criminals tend not to favor rifles.

http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/cius_04/offenses_reported/offense_tabulations/table_20-22.html


State.....Total.....Total.....Handguns...Rifles...Shotguns....Firearms......Edged......Other......Hands, Fists,
.........Murders...Firearms................................(Type Unknown)..Weapons....Weapons........Feet

Maryland.....520.....386.........362.......2.........17...........5..........57...........47..........30



Look at the stats. Out of 520 murders, TWO of them used rifles of any type.

FIFTEEN TIMES as many people were murdered with fists and feet as with all kinds of rifles combined.

TWENTY-NINE TIMES as many people were murdered with knives and cutting tools as with all kinds of rifles combined.

So what, again, is the massive threat from civilian ownership of rifles with protruding handgrips in the state of Maryland?