{"id":295,"date":"2018-03-04T16:17:36","date_gmt":"2018-03-04T16:17:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/2018\/03\/04\/201834the-purchasing-and-use-of-assault-rifles-is-under-fire-leaving-loyal-enthusiasts-upset\/"},"modified":"2020-09-05T19:48:10","modified_gmt":"2020-09-05T19:48:10","slug":"201834the-purchasing-and-use-of-assault-rifles-is-under-fire-leaving-loyal-enthusiasts-upset","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/2018\/03\/04\/201834the-purchasing-and-use-of-assault-rifles-is-under-fire-leaving-loyal-enthusiasts-upset\/","title":{"rendered":"The purchase and use of assault rifles is under fire, leaving loyal enthusiasts upset"},"content":{"rendered":"<div\n        class=\"\n          image-block-outer-wrapper\n          layout-caption-below\n          design-layout-inline\n          \n          \n          \n        \"\n        data-test=\"image-block-inline-outer-wrapper\"\n    ><\/p>\n<figure\n            class=\"\n              sqs-block-image-figure\n              intrinsic\n            \"\n            style=\"max-width:472.0px;\"\n        ><\/p>\n<div\n              \n                style=\"padding-bottom:76.69491577148438%;\"\n              \n              class=\"\n                image-block-wrapper\n                \n          \n        \n                has-aspect-ratio\n              \"\n              data-animation-role=\"image\"\n              \n  data-animation-override\n\n          ><br \/>\n            <noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/screen_shot_2018-03-04_at_10.52.20_am.png\" alt=\"The Connecticut Citizen's Defense League logo, courtesy of the CCDL official website.\" \/><\/noscript><img class=\"thumb-image\" data-src=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/screen_shot_2018-03-04_at_10.52.20_am.png\" data-image=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/screen_shot_2018-03-04_at_10.52.20_am.png\" data-image-dimensions=\"472x362\" data-image-focal-point=\"0.5,0.5\" alt=\"The Connecticut Citizen's Defense League logo, courtesy of the CCDL official website.\" data-load=\"false\" data-image-id=\"5a9c19ba085229f6ca181d9e\" data-type=\"image\" \/>\n          <\/div><figcaption class=\"image-caption-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-caption\">\n<p>The Connecticut Citizen&#8217;s Defense League logo, courtesy of the CCDL official website.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>By Bill Ruocco<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, Feb. 28, both Walmart and Dick\u2019s Sporting Goods made efforts towards slowing their sales of firearms. Walmart, America\u2019s largest gun supplier, adjusted the age requirement to 21 in order to buy any firearm. Dick\u2019s made the move to completely cease the sale of any assault rifles.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about the situation with Dick&#8217;s and Walmart, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hqpress.org\/blog-2\/2018\/3\/1\/major-sporting-goods-stores-wade-into-gun-debates\">click here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>There is no shortage of these super-stores that sell firearms in Connecticut. Take a look for yourself, the map below contains every Dicks Sporting Goods and Walmart in Connecticut that sells firearms.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/embed?mid=1reSRWCHmifQwnh3t6umL_WASn8gEZvfo\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Locally this announcement did not send shockwaves of any sort given Connecticut Dick\u2019s Sporting Goods have not sold assault rifles since the tragedy of Sandy Hook.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo-called \u2018assault rifles\u2019 have been banned already in Connecticut back in 2013,\u201d said Scott Wilson, president of the Connecticut Citizens Defense League. \u201cThe policy to up the age to 21 years on up was more of a surprise.\u201d<\/p>\n<div\n        class=\"\n          image-block-outer-wrapper\n          layout-caption-below\n          design-layout-inline\n          \n          \n          \n        \"\n        data-test=\"image-block-inline-outer-wrapper\"\n    ><\/p>\n<figure\n            class=\"\n              sqs-block-image-figure\n              intrinsic\n            \"\n            style=\"max-width:481.0px;\"\n        ><\/p>\n<div\n              \n                style=\"padding-bottom:76.50727844238281%;\"\n              \n              class=\"\n                image-block-wrapper\n                \n          \n        \n                has-aspect-ratio\n              \"\n              data-animation-role=\"image\"\n              \n  data-animation-override\n\n          ><br \/>\n            <noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/ccdl-76.jpg\" alt=\"Members of the Connecticut Citizens Defense League, or CCDL. Photo courtesy of the CCDL official website.\" \/><\/noscript><img class=\"thumb-image\" data-src=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/ccdl-76.jpg\" data-image=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/ccdl-76.jpg\" data-image-dimensions=\"481x368\" data-image-focal-point=\"0.5,0.5\" alt=\"Members of the Connecticut Citizens Defense League, or CCDL. Photo courtesy of the CCDL official website.\" data-load=\"false\" data-image-id=\"5a9c1834652deabe1b0d8117\" data-type=\"image\" \/>\n          <\/div><figcaption class=\"image-caption-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-caption\">\n<p>Members of the Connecticut Citizens Defense League, or CCDL. Photo courtesy of the CCDL official website.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Wilson is not the only individual who commonly puts the words \u201cassault rifle\u201d in quotations these days. In the gun community, a lot of the frustration is geared towards the broad definition of an \u201cassault rifle\u201d that is quickly placing bans on many firearms that seemed relatively tame and very safe in their eyes.<\/p>\n<p>The remaining frustration is a driving idea that most gun enthusiasts share.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur job as a gun rights organization is to educate the public at large about how little more laws would have little effect on such outcomes,\u201d said Wilson. \u201cRemember, criminals bent on murder do not really care about the laws.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the minds of most who are passionate about firearms, the recent laws and bans are virtually pointless.<\/p>\n<p>Leaders in organizations specific to gun rights are not the only local individuals who have grown weary of regulations on firearms.<\/p>\n<p>After a quick visit to Blue Trail Range Gun Store in Wallingford, Conn.&nbsp;it was quickly apparent how people feel.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The key word in the Second Amendment is infringed,&#8221; one anonymous individual stated,&nbsp;&#8220;That means it cannot be touched at all.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The man also said, in so many words,&nbsp;that once we give up one of our rights, we are vulnerable to give up everything else.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the opinion of most firearms enthusiasts, including the Connecticut Citizen&#8217;s Defense League,&nbsp;the recent gun laws and bans have &#8220;little effect&#8221; on public safety.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,142],"tags":[177,21,176,169,175],"class_list":["post-295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hamden","category-homepage","tag-assault-rifles","tag-connecticut","tag-dicks-sporting-goods","tag-guns","tag-walmart"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=295"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2942,"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295\/revisions\/2942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}