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Bearing Arms brings us the latest bit of anti-gun nuttiness
Senate Democrats may not be able to get a gun ban to Joe Biden’s desk thanks to the Republican majority in the House, but if Chuck Schumer and his anti-gun allies are signaling they’re going to do everything they can to target gun owners and the firearms industry while Congress is gridlocked. On Thursday the New York senator, joined by Connecticut’s Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy, called on the Federal Trade Commission to investigate the gun company Wee1 Tactical for supposedly marketing a “mini-assault weapon” to minors.
Blumenthal and Murphy. They REALLY hate guns, and you right to own them. And parents teaching kids about safety with guns? Why such a thing just gives those two the vapors
“The last thing we need to be doing is reducing in size these deadly weapons of war and then marketing them to children. But that’s what’s happening,” said Schumer.
That’s not what’s happening. The JR-15 produced by Wee1 Tactical is a rimfire rifle chambered in .22LR. It’s basically a semi-automatic version of the single-shot .22 that I used to teach my own kids how to be safe and responsible with a firearm. If the JR-15 had been around a decade ago, I probably would have used that instead of the Crickett rifle that I purchased specifically to introduce my children to the world of safe and responsible gun use.
Wanna guess the rifle I learned to soot with? Yep, a .22, with my father. And my first lesson was gun safety! Chucky Schumer is mortified
“This stuff is pretty despicable. So we want the FTC to give it a thorough look,” Schumer said.
“You cannot buy a firearm under 18. That’s the law. And they are marketing guns to kids in the hopes that brothers or sisters might buy them, or the kids will lie about their age and buy something online,” Murphy said. “They’re very deliberately trying to do an end-around on the law, which is part of why we need the FTC.”
What a drama queen.
