In 2009, in a declaration made as part of the court case Heller v. District of Columbia, which challenged D.C.’s assault weapons ban, NRA research. San Bernardino shooting's Syed Farook practiced with assault rifle at gun range. President Barack Obama used a rare live address to reassure Americans that the San Bernardino shootings were an isolated incident and to outline his plans in the ongoing battle against ISIS. The President firmly dismissed a change in strategy in the war against the extremists that would require combat troops on the ground in Iraq and Syria. And while the terrorist group is made up of 'thugs and killers' and is part of a 'cult of death', he again refused to call them 'radical Islamic terrorists'. 'Muslim Americans are our friends and our neighbors are coworkers, our sports heroes. And yes, they are our men and women in uniform who are willing to die in defense of our country,' the president said, speaking from the Oval Office. We have to remember that.'President Barack Obama used his Sunday night address on terrorism to assure the American people that the California shootings last week appear to be an isolated incident. He also called on Congress to pass legislation barring individuals on the no- fly list from purchasing guns. His position was backed by Democrat front- runner Hillary Clinton, who is similarly refusing to refer to Islam when discussing ISIS. Speaking to George Stephanopoulos on This Week, she said the term 'radical Islamic terrorism' sounds like we are declaring war against a religion', instead of militants. Stephanopoulos asked her: 'Isn’t it a mistake not to say it plain? That the violence is being pushed by radical elements in their faith?'Clinton responded: 'Well that’s another thing. Radical elements who use a dangerous and distorted view of Islam to promote their jihadist ambitions." I’m fine with that. I say it all the time.'Pressed further, she added: 'The problem is, that sounds like we are declaring war against a religion. All the awesomeness of the District 9 alien weaponry! Exquisitely detailed and battle-worn Assault Rifle Prop Replica. The 1:4 scale limited edition weighs 2 3/5 pounds. The Last of Us is the latest project from developer Naughty Dog (Uncharted, Jak and Daxter, Crash Bandicoot). The game was officially revealed at Spike TV's Video. Hunting Rifle - The Last of Us: The Hunting Rifle is picked up when players reach the The Capitol Building. It is a very powerful weapon with superb. ABC News reports on United States politics, crime, education, legal stories, celebrities, weather, the economy and more. That to me is number one, wrong.'It doesn't do justice to the vast number of Muslims in our country and around the world who are peaceful people.'Number two, it helps to create this clash of civilizations that is actually a recruiting tool for ISIS and other radical jihadists who use this as a way of saying, "We are in a war against the West, you must join us."'She has also called for an 'intensified air campaign' against ISIS overseas but spoke against troops on the ground which would 'make things worse, not better'. She also said she wants to 'dismantle the global infrastructure of terror' and particularly called on social media sites to help. She wants to 'toughen our defense at home' and also called for fiance visas to be reviewed in light of the San Bernardino attacks - and for those on the no- flight list to be denied the right to buy guns. The Democrat duo's standpoint has, however, been widely ridiculed by those on the other end of the political spectrum Donald Trump led the charge, live tweeting throughout Obama's address. 'Obama refused to say (he just can't say it), that we are at WAR with RADICAL ISLAMIC TERRORISTS,' he wrote.‘Could you imagine FDR going before Congress and saying, “We were attacked yesterday on Pearl Harbor. I really don’t want to talk about who did it, but you know, we just want to say that they were terrible people and they were thugs”?’ said Mike Huckabee (pictured) this morning. He subsequently reposted another tweet by a supporter, adding: '[Obama] will never say it, therefore he will never have a solution!'Mike Huckabee went one step further. ‘Could you imagine FDR going before Congress and saying, 'We were attacked yesterday on Pearl Harbor. I really don’t want to talk about who did it, but you know, we just want to say that they were terrible people and they were thugs,' the former governor of Arkansas told Fox and Friends. ‘Well who was it, Mr. President? Well, we don’t want to get into it, because I don’t want you to have any bad feelings toward the Japanese.' Ted Cruz also invoked Pearl Harbor in his response to Obama’s address and proclaimed that afterward ‘FDR did not give a partisan speech, rather he called on Americans to unite and 'win through to absolute victory'.‘If I am elected President, I will direct the Department of Defense to destroy ISIS. And I will shut down the broken immigration system that is letting jihadists into our country,’ the Texas senator said. And he charged, ‘Nothing President Obama said tonight will assist in either case.’. How Many Assault Weapons Are There in America? How Much Would It Cost the Government To Buy Them Back? An AR- 1. 5 style rifle sits on the counter at a sporting goods store in Tinley Park, Illinois. Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images. Crime is Slate’s new crime blog. Like us on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter @slatecrime. Last Friday, 2. 0- year- old Adam Lanza killed 2. Sandy Hook School with an AR- 1. Much of the ensuing debate has focused on ways to regulate and potentially ban weapons like these. So, how many auto- loading rifles actually exist in America? ![]() ![]() In its 2. 01. 1 report “The Militarization of the U. S. Civilian Firearms Market,” the non- partisan Violence Policy Center noted that “selling militarized firearms to civilians—i. And in its 2. 01. Smith & Wesson Holding Company noted that there was a $4. San Bernardino gunman practiced killing with assault rifle for hours at local gun range in the days before massacre. Syed Rizwan Farook visited Riverside Magnum.Modern sporting rifles are perhaps the fastest- growing segment of the domestic long gun industry. From 2. 00. 7 to 2. Freedom Group’s most recent annual report, domestic consumer long gun sales grew at a compound annual rate of 3 percent; modern sporting rifle sales grew at a 2. Get more specific, Peters! Well, it’s hard, imaginary exclamation- making reader, because the data are incomplete. A November 2. 01. Congressional Research Service report found that, as of 2. United States: “1. However, author William J. Krouse went on to note that “data are not available on the number of ‘assault weapons’ in private possession or available for sale, but one study estimated that 1. Good data are hard to come by because firearms manufacturers generally don’t break down their production statistics by model. But that 1. 99. 4 statistic that Krouse cited isn’t very satisfying, so let’s see if we can go deeper. Take the AR- 1. 5, the auto- loading rifle that Adam Lanza used at Sandy Hook. The AR- 1. 5 is the civilian equivalent of the military M- 1. It’s one of the most popular assault- style rifles on the market today. In 2. 00. 9, in a declaration made as part of the court case Heller v. District of Columbia, which challenged D. C.’s assault weapons ban,NRA research coordinator Mark Overstreet reported that, from 1. AR- 1. 5- style semi- automatic rifles were produced and not exported from the United States. Overstreet suggested that you could use trends in NICS background checks to project future sales of AR- 1. As of Nov. 3. 0, 2. NICS background checks increased by 5. If the number of AR- 1. AR- 1. 5 rifles currently available in the United States. That “at least” is an important caveat. These data only include firearms manufactured in the United States. In his declaration, Overstreet notes that, since 1. U. S.- made firearms have accounted for roughly three- fourths of all new firearms available on the commercial market in the United States.” So if you increase the above number to account for foreign- made, AR- 1. More caveats: Overstreet derived his numbers by examining the sales figures of companies that only produced AR- 1. He didn’t include sales data from America’s three largest gunmakers—Remington, Smith & Wesson, and Sturm- Ruger—because these three produce multiple lines of rifles, and he couldn’t break down the data. Remington is now a wholly owned subsidiary of the Freedom Group.)That’s weak stuff, Overstreet! Let’s try estimating those figures ourselves. According to Sturm- Ruger’s 2. Sturm- Ruger produced 1,1. Assuming that every gun cost the same amount—this is certainly incorrect, but we’re just making a back- of- the- envelope calculation here—2. According to Overstreet, AR- 1. If that statistic remains true, then Sturm- Ruger produced close to 4. AR- 1. 5- style rifles in 2. Walk that number back through the years, and extrapolate it out to the other two manufacturers, and you’re possibly looking at anywhere from 5. AR- 1. 5- style rifles. Again, I must caution that there is a potentially huge margin of error in these calculations.)Add everything together, make all the necessary caveats, carry the two, and we reach the conclusion that there are somewhere around 3,7. AR- 1. 5- type rifles in the United States today. If there are around 3. USA today, that means these auto- loading assault- style rifles make up around 1 percent of the total arsenal. And keep in mind, the AR- 1. Overstreet estimated that more than 8. Ruger Mini- 1. 4 rifles—the rifle that Anders Behring Breivik used in the Oslo summer camp shootings last year—had been produced since 1. There are other types, too. This is only the tip of the gunberg. No matter the exact figures, there are a whole hell of a lot of assault weapons in America, which complicates any talk of gun control. The most effective way for the government to reduce the existing gun stock would be to buy them back from their owners. When Australia imposed strict gun control measures in 1. Aussie government bought back 6. The gun buyback program, which cost an estimated $4. U. S. dollars, was funded by a temporary 1 percent income tax levy. Would such a plan fly in America? Extrapolating from Australia's numbers, a similar buyback in this more gun- laden country would cost billions. While a tax increase isn't the only way to raise that much money—the federal government could have a bake sale, or auction off some of its lesser- known historical treasures—it's certainly the most obvious way to do it. We might soon see what voters and politicians hate more: guns or taxes. Read more on Slate about gun control.*Correction, December 2. This post originally and incorrectly referred to the AR- 1. Though the AR- 1. The language in the post has been corrected to reflect this distinction.
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