Logic died the second these amateurs with zero firearm training started playing pretend expert. These are the same people who couldn’t rack the slide on a .22 pistol, yet they’re dictating what is or isn’t legal under a Second Amendment that could not possibly be clearer.
At the heart of this nonsense is the simple act of adding a shoulder brace or second grip to a handgun. That is it. These so-called dangerous features provide safety, stability, and accuracy, exactly what any responsible shooter should want. And here’s the kicker: the people who need them most are the handicapped, the elderly, and anyone whose grip strength is fading. Ever heard of the Americans with Disabilities Act? Guess not.
Then there are the average weekend shooters who can’t hit the broad side of a barn. These devices help them control their weapon, which means fewer stray bullets, fewer tragedies, and fewer innocent people catching a round because their neighbor thinks they are John Wick.
But politicians and judges don’t deal in reality. They are terrified of cosmetics. If it “looks like a military gun,” they quake in fear, convinced it is going to vaporize a city block. Their understanding of ballistics comes straight from Hollywood. People flying through plate glass windows after being shot, blood spraying like Tarantino was directing. Physics proves it is all a lie, but don’t expect them to know that.
Here is reality. More than 80 percent of shooting victims survive today because of modern trauma medicine. That fact is ignored, just like the elderly woman who cannot defend herself because some lawmaker thinks a shoulder brace looks too “tactical.”
So what we are left with is a system where the people who most need self-defense options, the weak, the disabled, the vulnerable, are punished because of the cowardice and ignorance of our so-called leaders. They legislate fear, not facts.
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