Feinstein's new "assault weapons" ban has an insidious provision. You know that she's said that if it has a magazine and a "pistol grip" it's an evil assault weapon. But what is a pistol grip? She defines it on page 13 as "a grip, a thumb-hole stock, or any other characteristic that can function as a grip." Which means anything you can grip on your magazine fed rifle makes it a banned rifle. Anything you can grip. Magazine size doesn't matter, bayonet mounts or flash hiders don't matter. All Semi-auto handguns are verbotten because they have a "grip". All semi-auto rifles are verbotten if you can grip the rifle.

ATF statistic showed that 71,000 background checks resulted in initial denial. Of those, only about 4200 were referred to ATF branch offices for follow-up. That means 94% of initial denials are for the expected "similar names" (common names like Dave E. Smith or John Brown) which require further checking. It means only 6% of denials are possible prosecutions. But of those possibles, the bottom line is that BATF successfully prosecuted only 32 cases - 0.76%, out of 140 sent to court. Dismal by any standards. (Including all NICS checks, conviction rate was an absurdly low 0.00005%)

One point that I'm not sure Trotter was able to make is that the AR-15 and many similar rifles have a lower recoil impulse, making them easier for women to shoot well. There's a video on YouTube of a seven year old girl in a pink jacket shooting her father's AR-15 without the recoil bothering her. You CAN'T do that with a shotgun. I've talked to cops who HATE shooting the shotgun, even with reduced recoil loads, because of it's painful at times.

And if she's right that the VAWA was poorly written or had problems that would cause abuses, then don't you think she was right to oppose it? We've seen time and again that Congress passes some act only to find it either so full of holes it's worthless or it is redundant and is never used in practice.

While football is a good example, let's not forget the swimmers, water polo teams, cross country runners, track teams, etc. These kids burn up far more calories than an adult because they're physically active in daily practice sessions. When I was in HS playing football, three meals a day, including at least a 12 oz steak, potatoes, gravy, salad, veggies, applesauce, 3 glasses of milk and dessert could barely maintain my 175 pound weight. Lunch was roast beef, ham or turkey, wheat bread, carrots and four cookies, so I wasn't starving, but I was burning it off every day too. With kids, they burn off the fats and cholesterol in vigorous exercise and as a result, their bodies hunger for more calories.

And most of us hate it more when some bureaucrat tries to impose a "one-size-fits-all" solution to any problem and it negatively impacts the lives of our children too...

And in a FREE country, you would have the right to do that. And if things don't change soon, none of us will be able to make that decision for ourselves.

And in a FREE country, you would have the right to do that. And if things don't change soon, none of us will be able to make that decision for ourselves.