DSSA v STATE Lawsuit
“They’re laying the groundwork for how they think you should be able to defend yourself.”
Oh. My. Goodness!! This contradictory and ridiculous response by the State to the DSSA’s request for a preliminary injunction is just that… ABSOLUTE RIDICULOUSNESS.
First, let’s address the asinine claims made by the State about the AR 15 and other modern sporting rifles, like the AK 47….
State’s claim: “AR 15 rounds can go through ⅜ inch steel plates from 400 yards away.”
This is FALSE: ⅜ inch steel plates are marketed for the use of AR 15’s by steel target companies and hold up to tests with .223 and .556 rounds, which is proven every single day at your local rifle range.
State’s claim: AR 15 rounds can cause “the abdominal cavity to explode” or split a leg ”from foot to hip.”
FALSE and a continuation of what we saw during the committee meetings where pro gun-control lawmakers used nothing but emotional rhetoric aimed at duping the public.
State’s claim: Rifles “require substantial experience to use properly” and “extensive training.”
FALSE: We will explain further below
While these statements caused us a good laugh, our absolute favorite red herring in this pile of dissimulation is:
“[W]hen inadequately trained civilians fire weapons equipped with large-capacity magazines, they tend to fire more rounds than necessary and thus endanger more bystanders.”
FALSE
Rifles function the same as handguns. One trigger press. One bullet.
As an organization founded by female firearms instructors who specialize in training women and those with physical disabilities, an AR 15 or similar modern sporting rifle is easier to control, more stable, more accurate, and provides the ability for a handicapped individual to protect themselves more adequately and safely than with a handgun. Of course, this depends on what their individual condition specifically entails.
For these same reasons, our children started shooting AR 15’s as young as 6 while handguns came later on as their hand strength came with age and size.
Lastly, Kyle Rittenhouse utilized an AR 15 during the 2020 riots to protect himself from multiple attackers in a crowd of people without injuring a single bystander or firing more rounds than intended.
Karen Bell tries out an AK 47 at an event held at Bridgeville Rifle & Pistol club. The AK 47 is chambered in 7.62x39, a much larger round than an AR 15. Karen was able to easily manage recoil and trigger press while accurately placing all rounds on target.
Diving into the magazine capacity bill and our State’s bogus reply to the DSSA’s request for an injunction….
The State claims, no one needs more than 17 rounds because most defensive gun use incidents only average an expenditure of 2.2 rounds.
In that same breath, the State also cites an article quoting, “His revolver carries 13 rounds. There’s no chance for a police officer against someone who can fire 80 rounds in a matter of minutes ....”
Did they finally acknowledge that whether or not a firearm does harm is dependent upon whether a PERSON chooses to misuse that tool to commit an already prohibited crime… and in a court document? ((Gasp))
Their statements further prove why an individual absolutely should have more than 17 rounds.
FBI statistics show, in the civilian world: 51% of the time there are 2 attackers, not one.
Studies show that the amount of rounds it takes to stop ONE threat can be up to 14 depending on
The size of the threat
Type of clothing worn
Whether or not the threat is experiencing a mental health crisis in which the perceiving of pain is distorted
Whether or not the threat is on drugs, which kind of drug, how many or how much of that drug they are on, and how it inhibits the ability to process pain in that individual
The trend we are seeing currently is 3-5 threats working together to commit home invasions
Is it just us or did they claim 2 opposing views??
A civilian without extensive training is incapable of operating these rifles which hold a standard 20-30 round magazine.
A violent individual with a rifle (due to magazine capacity) can expel 80 rounds in just a matter of minutes… without training.
Talk about chasing their own tail! For the record, AR 15 mags generally hold 20-30 rounds, meaning the individual operating this rifle would have to swap magazines approximately 3 times in a “matter of minutes”… Also, with no training.
It is also important to point out that the state is not calling for a total ban of magazines that can hold over 17 rounds. There are exceptions for civilians with concealed carry deadly weapons permits written into their mag capacity bill and they are still being manufactured and sold in (and outside of) Delaware. This would suggest that magazines holding over 17 rounds are indeed necessary for self-defense considering that’s the intent of a concealed carry permit .
The best part of their response in regards to magazine capacity….. You’re going to love this ((enter eye roll here)....
The State uses up several pages explaining that magazines are not “arms” at all and “you can’t hurt anybody with [one] unless you hit them over the head with it.”
So why are they banning them?
(((Throws hands in the air))) We digress.
The DSSA, as lead Plaintiff in this lawsuit, has until February 13th to file their response to the State’s dishevelment where the DSSA will absolutely destroy every single one of the State’s feigned attempts to fear monger and mislead the court.
To the State,
We would personally like to request that you go make us a sandwich.
