My rifle is not an "assault weapon!" It is a modern musket

[ModernMusket]

[pointedstick]

I'm not so sure anti-gunners like muskets any more than AR-15s

[tonelar]

Hey Modern Musket. Good to see you on here. I'm definitely a fan of your page.

I'm not so sure anti-gunners like muskets any more than AR-15s

Not so sure? You're point may be valid for the most rabid gun grabbers, however... I'm dead certain that your average anti definitely hates (or fears) EBRs more than grandpa's old single shot.

[MakeYaBootyBurn]

Welcome!

[pointedstick]

Not so sure? You're point may be valid for the most rabid gun grabbers, however... I'm dead certain that your average anti definitely hates (or fears) EBRs more than grandpa's old single shot.

Grandpa had a single-shot? My grandpa was a decidedly unarmed communist pamphleteer. Sure am glad that's not a tradition that'll be continuing

Still, you're right. I guess I'm just not sure how effective it'll be. "Hey, this thing you're scared of is just a modern version of this other thing you're maybe a little bit less scared of!" I think if we want to convert anti-gunners, we should show them how cool guns are by taking them to the range, not trying to compare modern firearms with traditional firearms that they have no positive associations with. The odd anti-gun conservative maybe, but no anti-gun liberal has non-negative impressions of muskets. These were the guns we used to exterminate the Indians. etc.

[oni.dori]

I'm not so sure anti-gunners like muskets any more than AR-15s

Since most of them think that muskets are the only thing the Second Amendment actually protects (since that is the "only thing available" at the time [which anyone with even the most minute research and knowledge on the period and/or its firearms would know that is the farthest from true]).

Already a fan of your page MM, thanks for your presence in the movement.


Unarmed communist pamphleteer? Way to make me shudder and be even MORE thankful on this Memorial Day weekend.

[pointedstick]

Unarmed communist pamphleteer? Way to make me shudder and be even MORE thankful on this Memorial Day weekend.

Hey, better than an armed communist pamphleteer, right? He definitely woulda gotten thrown in the clink for that and then I might not exist.

[The Wingnut]

At the time of the revolution, the typical sporting arm was of much higher quality and accuracy than any military arm. The same more or less holds true today.

Remember, military firearms are always a compromise between ease of use, durability and accuracy. Sporting arms do not have these concerns.

Citizens exercising their natural-born liberties SHOULD be better equipped than the state. Bear in mind that private citizens owned the equivalent of artillery pieces at the time, and the newly formed federal government had to ask for their help in prosecuting the revolution!

[ccandgc]

Liked on FB!

[gunsmith]

I like the idea of modern musket, makes much sense.

I recall a few yrs ago a New Yorker got arrested for an "unregistered fifty caliber"
The media kept showing pictures of a Barret .50BMG, only it turns out that the rifle in question was a FLINTLOCK!!! & amazingly enough only the fact that no ammo/powder was in the apt kept this guy from facing prosecution.

[k1dude]

I like the idea of modern musket, makes much sense.

I recall a few yrs ago a New Yorker got arrested for an "unregistered fifty caliber"
The media kept showing pictures of a Barret .50BMG, only it turns out that the rifle in question was a FLINTLOCK!!! & amazingly enough only the fact that no ammo/powder was in the apt kept this guy from facing prosecution.

I remember watching news on TV about 10 or 15 years back. The police broke down the door of a residence based on a meth head saying it was the home of dealers. The news report claimed several assault weapons and several thousand rounds of ammunition were found in the home. They showed the police displaying a lever action .22, a Marlin tube fed .22, and a 12 gauge hunting shotgun. Assault weapons? The several thousand rounds was 3 bricks of .22 and one box of 8 shot 12 ga.

It turns out the meth head lied and the police had arrested an innocent couple. The police refused to cover the $10,000 of damage they had done to the home.

I remember that NY flintlock story when it hit the news.

[clutchy]

Read a little through your facebook stuff and dropped a like bomb on you.

good luck with the fight I think you should incorporate some of the recent big pro 2A decision language into your stuff.

good luck and we're with you!

[ModernMusket]

Thanks every one for the comments and those who checked out the fb page. The concept behind Modern Musket is more figurative, and less literal. Yes modern rifles are much different than muskets, but the intent of the 2A absolutely applies to them in the same way it applied to muskets in the late 18th century. I agree that the best way to convert someone is to take them shooting. The second best way is to educate them and change their perception. -MM

[ModernMusket]

Also, the people who are staunchly anti-gun are not the people I am interested in, nothing will change their stance. Im interested in the millions of gun owners who have been duped by the media and anti-gunners. We need to win them back and get them to realize that modern rifles are NOT "assault weapons," and that if rifles like AR-15s are safe from being banned, all rifles will be safe. -MM

[pointedstick]

Also, the people who are staunchly anti-gun are not the people I am interested in, nothing will change their stance. Im interested in the millions of gun owners who have been duped by the media and anti-gunners. We need to win them back and get them to realize that modern rifles are NOT "assault weapons," and that if rifles like AR-15s are safe from being banned, all rifles will be safe. -MM

That's a very good point. It's probably more sensible too, since there really aren't very many staunchly anti-gun people out there, and most of them are either crazy or grossly emotional about the issue (I say as a former staunchly anti-gun person myself).