Fully Automatic "Assault Car" Ban
Posted: Tue, 12 May 2009 21:26:41
http://www.scrappleface.com/?p=3582
Since the Obama administration's talk of banning so-called 'assault
weapons' has resulted in a huge spike in semi-automatic weapon sales
nationwide, the White House recently began a covert 'whisper campaign'
suggesting the president might also ban U.S.-manufactured cars and
trucks with fully-automatic transmissions, now dubbed 'assault
vehicles'.
President Obama reportedly hopes such chatter will give a much-needed
boost to U.S. auto sales. "These fully-automatics are the weapon-of-
choice in the vehicular-manslaughter industry," said one unnamed White
House source. "The automatic transmission allows the killer to
accelerate rapidly without the manual process of clutching and
shifting gears.
Assault vehicles murder roughly four times as many people each year as
do firearms. If you include suicides, cars still kill nearly twice as
many people compared with all types of guns."
The administration source also noted that while people with criminal
records make up the vast majority of gun-murder victims, 'assault
vehicles' kill indiscriminately, murdering 39,800 Americans in 2008
alone.
Since the Obama administration's talk of banning so-called 'assault
weapons' has resulted in a huge spike in semi-automatic weapon sales
nationwide, the White House recently began a covert 'whisper campaign'
suggesting the president might also ban U.S.-manufactured cars and
trucks with fully-automatic transmissions, now dubbed 'assault
vehicles'.
President Obama reportedly hopes such chatter will give a much-needed
boost to U.S. auto sales. "These fully-automatics are the weapon-of-
choice in the vehicular-manslaughter industry," said one unnamed White
House source. "The automatic transmission allows the killer to
accelerate rapidly without the manual process of clutching and
shifting gears.
Assault vehicles murder roughly four times as many people each year as
do firearms. If you include suicides, cars still kill nearly twice as
many people compared with all types of guns."
The administration source also noted that while people with criminal
records make up the vast majority of gun-murder victims, 'assault
vehicles' kill indiscriminately, murdering 39,800 Americans in 2008
alone.
