CNN Reveals New Bullet That Travels 28,000 Feet Per Second!  (And 6 other media gun myths)

This morning, people awoke to learn about an act of violence at a Garlic Festival south of San Francisco.

It was horrible and senseless, but we’ve been force-fed lie after lie by the media and politicians in an attempt to demonize firearms and gun owners.

At the same time CNN revealed a new bullet that travels at 28,000 feet per second…that’s more than 5 MILES per second and faster than an intercontinental ballistic missile.  (most pistol rounds travel between 1000 and 1400 feet per second, and most rifle rounds only travel between 2000 and 3000 feet per second)

So, we’re going to look at a few of these myths quickly and give you some ammo when you hear people parrot them.

1. Like I said, earlier this morning, CNN was talking about how “assault rifles” fire projectiles at 28,000 feet per second.Depending on the bullet, powder load, and barrel length, projectiles being fired from rifles that look like an Armalite Rifle, Model 15 (aka AR-15) travel between 1,000 and 3,000 feet per second.

   Maybe, at some point in the future, the media, politicians, and “experts” will actually learn about firearms instead of just telling us how we don’t really need them.

2. The gun used was an “Assault Rifle”. No…the term assault rifle goes back to the end of WWII when Germany started using the sturmgewehr (assault rifle) fully automatic rifles.  “Assault rifle” has become a political term to demonize black SEMI-AUTOMATIC rifles.  I have rifles that look like the AR-15 that shoot .22, 9mm, pellets, and airsoft BBs, but they are not assault rifles simply because of their color, shape, and features.
3. The gun used was a “High Powered Rifle.”   The term “high powered rifle” has been around since the late 1800s and it designates a rifle that fires a projectile that’s heavy enough and fast enough to reliably, dependability, and ethically take down large game..223 and 5.56 may be fast enough, but “high powered” guns fire projectiles that are 2, 3, 4, or more TIMES heavier.  In fact, even with the incredible upgrades in bullet performance, it’s still not legal to shoot deer (which is BARELY large game) with a .223 in several states.

   In military speak, the .223 is an “intermediate cartridge” that is between the ammo used for a battle rifle (i.e. .30 calibers) and pistols.

4. The shooting was an example of “Gun Violence.”   The term “gun violence” is a made-up term that makes as much sense as “fork overeating.”  Guns aren’t violent.  In fact, there were probably 265 million or so guns that didn’t shoot anyone yesterday in the US.  But evil people ARE violent…and when they are, the ability of good people to use violence to stop the mayhem is all that stands between innocent lives and innocent deaths.Sometimes, it’s law enforcement who use violence to stop evil…sometimes, in free states, it’s a civilian who’s able to respond immediately and stop the threat.
5. “Common sense” gun laws would have stopped the shooting from happening.   There are currently more than 20,000 gun laws on the books in the US.  They may help prosecute a criminal after the fact, but breaking the law does not change the behavior of someone who’s willing to murder innocent people.Actually, I’ll take back what I said.  “common sense” gun laws that allow responsible, law abiding citizens to carry a firearm and protect themselves may have deterred the shooter and also may have stopped him sooner.
6. Gun laws work.   Gun laws change the behavior of people who are willing to follow the law.The shooting occurred in California, which has some of the most numerous and backwards gun laws in the country.  But, the fact is that in the process of using a firearm to shoot people, a dozen or more laws are broken.  Why would someone willing to murder be concerned about breaking one more law?
7. Violence is new/unique.   Violence is an unfortunate part of life in a fallen world.  Violence against innocent people happens on a daily basis around the globe in every country and it’s been this way for thousands of years.What’s different is the media and politician’s hyperbolic focus on taking firearms away from good people and their willingness to distort reality around firearms to do so.

Now, it’s a tragedy that 3 people died at the garlic festival.  It’s senseless and horrible.  And I wouldn’t be writing about it today if I didn’t feel the need to defend our rights from the onslaught of the media.  But if the media were really troubled by the senseless loss of life rather than advancing a political agenda, wouldn’t they be giving equal time to the following stories:

• 3 died in a car accident in Christian County Kentucky on Friday.
• 3 children died in car accident the week before last in Springfield CA.
• 3 men died in a car accident last Wednesday in Hobbs, NM
• 20 died and 50 were injured in a car bombing on Sunday in KabulIf the media were truly concerned about violent deaths, these should get as much, if not more coverage, shouldn’t they? (Yes…I’m counting car accidents as violence—because they are.  Not in the same way as a tyrant using violence as a tool, but they’re still incredibly violent events.)

  And, if they were truly concerned about saving the most people, wouldn’t they focus more on the 2000+ per day who die in the US from diet related diseases…oftentimes perpetrated with an evil fully-semi-automatic fork?

No…the reason there’s so much focus on deaths where firearms are involved is because of pandering and a desire to centralize power.

But, let’s get back to evil people using violence.

Day-after-day for thousands of years, the only tool that has reliably stopped evil people from using violence to impose their tyrannical will is good people with the tools and skills to use violence to stop them.

It’s why I’m so passionate about helping people like you train to survive what may be the most important event of your life.

To get the life-saving skills you need as quickly and affordably as possible.

Which brings up the question, what’s your biggest training need right now?

When you see events like this in the news and imagine yourself in that situation (with or without your firearm), what are your strengths and what do you need to work on?

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