01.28.13
Assault rifles for everyone
Today’s quote, from the New York Times:
“Who knows? Maybe you’ll find a Bushmaster AR-15 under your tree some frosty Christmas morning!???
The lede: Threatened by long-term declining participation in shooting sports, the firearms industry has poured millions of dollars into a broad campaign to ensure its future by getting guns into the hands of more, and younger, children … The industry’s strategies include giving firearms, ammunition and cash to youth groups; weakening state restrictions on hunting by young children; marketing an affordable military-style rifle for ‘junior shooters’ …”
All of it — here.