# Reid Admits No Support For "Assault Weapons" Ban **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [March 19, 2013, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reid-admits-no-support-for-assault-weapons-ban/653402 "2013-03-19T22:41:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 11
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2013, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reid-admits-no-support-for-assault-weapons-ban/653402/11 "2013-03-20T01:59:31Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Yeah, it’s odd how the OP accidentally neglected to mention that the mass murder of children might have had something to do with gun control going back on the table. I’m sure it was just an oversight. He did, he said they could slip it by because the political situation had an emotional, galvinizing moment. Sort of like the left’s equivelant to passing the Patriot act in the wake of hysteria. It’s not that they suddenly drafted the Patriot act and thought it was a good response to 9/11, it’s a bunch of shit they’ve wanted to do for a long time and were just waiting for something to cause public sentiment to possibly allow it. Hey, dead kids, awesome. Oh, and now you guys can claim not to be wrong on the issue of whether gun control was going to be an issue going forward, because hey, dead kids. Everyone wins! --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reid-admits-no-support-for-assault-weapons-ban/653402)._