Why does the NRA support cop-killer bullets?
They don’t of course. The fact that so many people are willing to believe such a wild notion is the most frightening thing of all. It shows the degree to which hoplophobes (people with phobias about guns) are out there running loose, willing to accept such nonsense. The constant vilification of honest gun owners by the media, drumming on the public’s fears and ignorance, makes the problem worse, in the way propaganda used to plague communist countries. Repetition of even the most self-evidently outrageous lies eventually gains acceptance, defying all logic or reason. If you look back on the legislative history, the first proposals to outlaw armor-piercing ammunition attempted to outlaw ALL lubricated bullets. This, basically, would have outlawed ammunition, since almost all of it is lubricated. The NRA unequivocally and rightly objected to this outlandish proposal, one that would sweep away, by a trick, fundamental civil rights Americans have always enjoyed. The anti-rights crowd reali
