The media really messed up the uneducated on both sides of the issue!
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Not at all. They got EXACTLY what they were looking for. As we've seen in the past week the vast majority of people (including those that SHOULD know better - like COPS) think that:
"Assault Weapon" == any rifle that isn't bolt operated == machine gun.
It's as simple as that. For 10 YEARS the Brady Bunch and every anti-gun group in this nation (along with politicians who GLADLY repeat the LIE) have pounded this into the head of every media mouthpiece and every sheeple has now had 10 YEARS to think that above is FACT.
After all "I heard it on TV and so must be true, doesn't it?"
This was their goal all along, to demonize *evil* rifles, right along with anyone who DARES suggest that there's nothing wrong with owning them.
As we've also seen this week your cow-worker is no different than MILLIONS of Americans. When they are told FACTS they CHOOSE to believe the LIE. This is why we are doomed as a Nation. Facts have very little to do with how people act or live their lives anymore, the only thing that is vaild in their world is how they "feel" about something. We see this happening more and more every day.
Down this path lies madness.