The Language Trap set for Gun Owners

First Published: March 12, 2014 Webster's Dictionary: Weapon - (wep'en) ANY instrument or device for use in attack or defense in combat, fighting or war. None of our sporting or hunting firearms are "weapons." This is a common "language error" that so many people innocently make. It is part of the brainwashing that has been happening for years. A gun is NOT A WEAPON unless it is used offensively or in a rare case, defensively. That is something Dave Tomlinson (Former President of the National Firearms Association – may he Rest in Peace) and I tried to impress upon our people way back in 1979 when C-51 came into being and the media started to use the offensive word "weapons" when referring to sports shooters, hunters, collectors and other lawful uses of firearms. "We must control weapons" was and is the mantra. We tried to educate people to use the term "firearms" but the crooked politicians and mealy mouths in the media knew then what they wanted to accomplish, and inundated us with "weapon" as the term for a useful and recreational tool called a "gun."