{"id":2324240,"date":"2024-08-14T07:28:59","date_gmt":"2024-08-14T11:28:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/behind-tim-walzs-hunter-facade-is-a-plan-to-take-your-guns\/"},"modified":"2024-08-14T07:35:12","modified_gmt":"2024-08-14T11:35:12","slug":"behind-tim-walzs-hunter-facade-is-a-plan-to-take-your-guns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/behind-tim-walzs-hunter-facade-is-a-plan-to-take-your-guns\/","title":{"rendered":"Behind Tim Walz&#8217;s &#8216;Hunter&#8217; Facade Is A Plan To Take Your Guns"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbehind-tim-walzs-hunter-facade-is-a-plan-to-take-your-guns%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2324240&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The excerpt discusses statements made by Minnesota \u200cGovernor Tim Walz regarding gun legislation, asserting that his\u200b claims are inaccurate. Walz \u200cdescribes\u200d &#8220;weapons of war&#8221; \u200cand &#8220;assault weapons&#8221; in a\u2063 manner \u2063deemed misleading, particularly arguing that such terms lack\u2062 clear definitions and are politically charged. \u2064The discussion highlights that the \u2062AR-15 and AK-47 are semi-automatic rifles designed \u200cfor \u2063civilian use, contrasting with fully automatic weapons used by the military. It argues that Walz\u2019s\u2063 hunting background suggests\u2064 he understands that civilian versions of these guns operate similarly to hunting rifles, which can\u200b also be semi-automatic.<\/p>\n<p>The text criticizes the effectiveness\u200b of past bans on &#8220;assault weapons,&#8221; noting that mass shootings often\u200c do \u2063not involve rifles. It also addresses\u200d the\u2064 misconception surrounding the 1996 Dickey Amendment, which\u200d purportedly restricted CDC \u2064research on gun violence; however, it actually allowed research while banning advocacy for gun control. \u2063 <\/p>\n<p>Walz\u2019s support for stopping reciprocal handgun permit recognition\u2062 among states is scrutinized, citing \u2063that behavioral data\u200c of permit holders indicates low rates of\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-says-son-hunter-has-done-nothing-wrong-amid-rumors-of-federal-charges\/\" title=\"Biden defends son Hunter amid federal charges rumors.\">gun-related violations<\/a>. while background checks have\u200c been required for firearms dealers since 1994, \u2062the text argues that Walz\u2064 seeks broader checks on private gun transfers, implying that this would serve to create a national gun\u2063 registry.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>&ldquo;I spent 25 years in the Army and I hunt,&rdquo; Gov. Tim Walz, D-Minn., <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GX-cLn1dgk0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">declared<\/a> in 2018. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve been voting for common sense legislation that protects the Second Amendment, but we can do background checks, we can do CDC research, we can make sure that we don&rsquo;t reciprocal carry among states. And we can make sure those weapons of war, that I carried in war, is the only place where those weapons are allowed to be carried.&rdquo; In just a few sentences, Walz made false claims about assault weapons, background checks, Centers for Disease Control (CDC) research, and reciprocal carry.<\/p>\n<p>First, take his claims about &ldquo;weapons of war.&rdquo; Put aside that Walz never was in war, let alone carried a weapon in war. The term &ldquo;assault weapon&rdquo; is nonsensical. Even the Associated Press Stylebook, which carries water for Democrat narratives, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/APStylebook\/status\/1547309549488640000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">recognizes<\/a>&nbsp;that fact. As the AP acknowledges, the term conveys &ldquo;little meaning&rdquo; and is &ldquo;highly politicized.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Politicians will continue calling AR-15s &ldquo;weapons of war&rdquo; and &ldquo;assault weapons,&rdquo; as Walz does. Many seem to think &ldquo;AR&rdquo; means assault rifle when it stands for ArmaLite rifle, after the company that developed it in the 1950s. But at least some of the media is now recognizing that &ldquo;AR- or AK-style rifles designed for the civilian market,&rdquo; as the AP Stylebook says, are fundamentally different than military weapons.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The preferred term for a rifle that fires one bullet each time the trigger is pulled, and automatically reloads for a subsequent shot, is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bail-fund-praised-by-kamala-harris-has-twice-freed-the-same-rioter-he-was-just-charged-again\/\" title=\"Bail Fund Praised By Kamala Harris Has Twice Freed The Same Rioter. He Was Just Charged Again.\">semi-automatic rifle<\/a>,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/APStylebook\/status\/1547309549488640000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according<\/a>&nbsp;to the AP Stylebook. &ldquo;An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stop-calling-the-ar-15-an-assault-rifle-or-a-so-called-weapon-of-war\/\" title=\"Stop Calling the AR-15 an Assault Rifle or a So-Called \u201cWeapon of War\u201d\">automatic rifle continuously fires rounds<\/a> if the trigger is depressed until its ammunition is exhausted. Avoid assault rifle and assault weapon, which are highly politicized terms that generally refer to AR- or AK-style rifles designed for the civilian market, but convey little meaning about the actual functions of the weapon.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>AR-15s and AK-47s are frequently called &ldquo;military-style weapons.&rdquo; But the key is &ldquo;style&rdquo; &mdash; they are like military guns in how they look, not in how they operate. The guns are not the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-comprehensive-case-against-gun-control\/\" title=\"The Comprehensive Case Against Gun Control\">fully automatic machine guns<\/a> used by the military, but rather semi-automatic versions of those guns.<\/p>\n<p>For someone who says he is a hunter, Walz surely knows this. The weapons he wants to ban operate exactly the same as any hunting rifle he would use. The civilian AR-15 uses essentially the same sorts of bullets as small game-hunting rifles. It also fires at the same rate (one bullet per pull of the trigger), the bullet travels at the same speed, and does the same damage. Still, no military anywhere uses the civilian versions of either of these guns.<\/p>\n<p>But hunting isn&rsquo;t the critical issue here. Semi-automatic weapons protect people and save lives. Single-shot rifles require manual reloading after every round, and people may not have the time to reload their gun when they face multiple attackers or fire and miss.<\/p>\n<p>Most mass public shootings don&rsquo;t use any type of rifle. Fifty-three percent&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/crimeresearch.org\/2024\/01\/updated-information-on-mass-public-shootings-from-1998-through-october-2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">involve only handguns<\/a>, and only 17 percent solely involve rifles of any variety.<\/p>\n<p>It should be little wonder that banning &ldquo;assault&rdquo; rifles did very little. During the 1994-2004 ban, the number of attacks with &ldquo;assault weapons&rdquo; didn&rsquo;t fall, and there was virtually no change in total mass shootings.<\/p>\n<h2>CDC Research Continued on Gun Violence<\/h2>\n<p>The quote also shows Walz lying about the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) research. He is referring to the 1996 Dickey Amendment &mdash; named after former Rep. Jay Dickey, R-Ark. &mdash; that supposedly barred the federal CDC from funding research on gun violence.<\/p>\n<p>But here is what the reviled Dickey Amendment actually <a href=\"https:\/\/crimeresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/House-Testimony-The-Myth-of-the-lack-of-Public-Health-Research-on-Firearms.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">stated<\/a>: &ldquo;None of the funds made available for injury prevention and control at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention may be used to <em>advocate or promote gun control<\/em>&rdquo; (italics added).<\/p>\n<p>The amendment allowed CDC-funded research but banned CDC advocacy. So, despite what gun-control advocates claim, research continued under the Dickey Amendment. Despite what Walz and other gun control backers say, neither the total number of papers nor pages devoted to firearms research <a href=\"https:\/\/crimeresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/House-Testimony-The-Myth-of-the-lack-of-Public-Health-Research-on-Firearms.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">decreased<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Reciprocity among States<\/h2>\n<p>As to Walz advocating for states to stop recognizing concealed handgun permits from other states (reciprocity), with more than&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/crimeresearch.org\/2022\/11\/concealed-carry-permit-holders-across-the-united-states-2021-2\/\">22 million concealed handgun permit holders<\/a>&nbsp;nationwide, there are decades of data on the behavior of permit holders. Some states have particularly detailed data. In Florida and Texas, permit holders are convicted of firearms-related violations&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4648999\">at one-twelfth the rate at which police officers<\/a>&nbsp;are. And police are convicted at just one-twentieth of the rate for the general population. There is no evidence that any permit holder from another state has committed a gun crime in Minnesota.<\/p>\n<h2>Background Checks<\/h2>\n<p>As to background checks, the U.S. has required background checks on gun sales by all firearms dealers since 1994. What Walz wants is background checks on any private transfer of guns, even between relatives. It allows the government to put together a national gun registry, and gun control activists push for registration to solve crime. In theory, if criminals leave their registered guns at a crime scene, they can then be traced back to the perpetrator.<\/p>\n<p>But in real life, guns are virtually never left at the scene of a crime except when the gunmen have been seriously injured or killed. In the few other cases guns are left at the crime, they aren&rsquo;t registered or not registered to the person who committed the crime.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, in states from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/articles\/2022\/02\/04\/democrats_pushing_gun_registry_as_precursor_to_gun_ban_147139.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hawaii to New York<\/a>, as well as countries such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/articles\/2022\/02\/04\/democrats_pushing_gun_registry_as_precursor_to_gun_ban_147139.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Canada<\/a>, where guns have been registered and licensed, police can&rsquo;t point to any crimes these costly systems have been able to solve. Countries like Australia, Canada, and the U.K. use registration to ban and confiscate guns &mdash; and they aren&rsquo;t alone. Places from California to Chicago to Washington, D.C., have also used registration to learn who legally owned different types of guns before banning them.<\/p>\n<p>Walz isn&rsquo;t just lying about his military record. He has no problem lying to advance his gun control goals. For someone who frequently says he is a hunter, he knows the statements that he is making about &ldquo;weapons of war&rdquo; are a lie.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p>      John R. Lott, Jr. is the president of the <a href=\"http:\/\/crimeresearch.org\/\">Crime Prevention Research Center<\/a> and the author most recently of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Gun-Control-Myths-politicians-botched\/dp\/B08C95PD1K\/ref=pd_bxgy_img_1\/133-2149164-9424358?pd_rd_w=mIIiz&amp;pf_rd_p=c64372fa-c41c-422e-990d-9e034f73989b&amp;pf_rd_r=JTJF6AD46AW0G6XN2TZ3&amp;pd_rd_r=2859765f-c7a7-46d5-b6f0-5ec029296295&amp;pd_rd_wg=p9TqC&amp;pd_rd_i=B08C95PD1K&amp;psc=1&amp;pldnSite=1\">&ldquo;Gun Control Myths.&rdquo;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2018, Governor Tim Walz of Minnesota stated, \u201cI spent 25 years in the Army and I hunt. I\u2019ve supported sensible legislation that upholds the Second Amendment, but we can implement background checks, conduct CDC research, and ensure that states do not recognize each other&#8217;s concealed carry permits. Additionally, we should restrict the carrying of military-style weapons to only those who serve in the military.\u201d In this brief statement, Walz made several inaccurate assertions regarding assault weapons, background checks, CDC research funding restrictions, and interstate permit reciprocity.<\/p>\n<p>Firstly, regarding his comments on &#8220;weapons of war,&#8221; it\u2019s important to note that Walz has never served in combat or carried a weapon during wartime. The term &#8220;assault weapon&#8221; lacks clarity; even the Associated Press Stylebook acknowledges its highly politicized nature and minimal meaning. Politicians like Walz often label AR-15s as \u201cweapons of war\u201d or \u201cassault weapons,\u201d mistakenly believing that &#8220;AR&#8221; stands for assault rifle when it actually refers to ArmaLite rifle\u2014the company that created it in the 1950s. Some media outlets are beginning to differentiate between civilian versions of AR- or AK-style rifles and actual military firearms.<\/p>\n<p>According to the AP Stylebook: \u201cA semi-automatic rifle is one that fires one bullet with each trigger pull and automatically reloads for subsequent shots.\u201d In contrast, an automatic rifle continues firing as long as the trigger is held down until ammunition runs out. The terms &#8220;assault rifle&#8221; and &#8220;assault weapon&#8221; are discouraged because they generally refer to civilian market rifles while failing to accurately describe their functions.<\/p>\n<p>While AR-15s and AK-47s are often labeled as \u201cmilitary-style weapons,\u201d this designation pertains only to their appearance rather than their operation; they function similarly to any hunting rifle used by hunters like Walz himself. The civilian version of an AR-15 uses bullets comparable to those found in small game-hunting rifles\u2014it fires at a rate of one bullet per trigger pull with similar speed and damage capabilities. However, no military employs these civilian variants.<\/p>\n<p>The focus here isn&#8217;t solely on hunting; semi-automatic firearms can provide crucial protection during emergencies where rapid response is necessary against multiple attackers\u2014something single-shot rifles cannot offer due to manual reloading requirements.<\/p>\n<p>Statistics show most mass shootings do not involve rifles at all\u201453% involve only handguns while just 17% exclusively use any type of rifle. This context explains why banning so-called \u201cassault\u201d rifles had little impact; during a ban from 1994\u20132004 on such weapons there was no significant decrease in attacks involving them nor any notable change in overall mass shooting incidents.<\/p>\n<p>Walz also misrepresents CDC research funding related to gun violence by referencing the Dickey Amendment from 1996\u2014which he claims restricted federal funding for such studies\u2014but this amendment merely prohibited advocacy for gun control using CDC funds while allowing continued research into firearm-related issues without diminishing either quantity or quality over time.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding state reciprocity laws about concealed handgun permits: With over 22 million permit holders across America\u2014and extensive data showing low rates of firearm-related offenses among them (Florida&#8217;s permit holders face violations at one-twelfth police rates)\u2014there&#8217;s no evidence suggesting out-of-state permit holders have committed crimes within Minnesota\u2019s borders.<\/p>\n<p>On background checks: Since 1994 federal law mandates checks for all sales through licensed dealers; however what Walz proposes extends these requirements into private transactions\u2014even between family members\u2014potentially paving way towards establishing a national gun registry which advocates argue could help trace guns used in crimes back toward perpetrators\u2014a theory undermined by reality since guns rarely remain at crime scenes unless associated with severely injured shooters who may leave behind unregistered firearms instead.<\/p>\n<p>Countries like Canada or Australia have implemented registration systems yet struggle demonstrating effectiveness solving crimes linked directly back through registered ownership records\u2014similar patterns emerge within U.S cities employing registration before enacting bans based upon ownership data alone without tangible results achieved thus far concerning crime reduction efforts tied specifically thereto.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately it&#8217;s clear Governor Walz misrepresents both his own experience along with facts surrounding gun control measures\u2014all under guise promoting safety despite knowing full well implications behind statements made regarding so-called \u2018weapons\u2019 involved therein.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>John R. Lott Jr., president of Crime Prevention Research Center &amp; author most recently published work titled Gun Control Myths<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2324241,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/49949977162_241e8cde2d_k-e1723223938110.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[16596,5698,5894,32209,36113],"class_list":["post-2324240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-gun-control","tag-minnesota","tag-politics","tag-second-amendment","tag-tim-walz"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/49949977162_241e8cde2d_k-e1723223938110.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2324240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2324240"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2324240\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2324241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2324240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2324240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2324240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}