Letter to the editor: Many things can be called 'assault weapons'

The term “assault weapon” can be applied to anything that is used to kill, injure or maim another person The FBI statistics show that more people are attacked and murdered with kitchen knives than by AR semi-automatic rifles and pistols every year.

If the far-left Democrats have their way, then I guess we will have to ban and confiscate all knives, forks and spoons because they can be fashioned into weapons and used to assault someone. We will also have to ban cars trucks and trains for the same reason, as well as our hands because they can be used to assault with the fist and be used to strangle someone to death.

But the problem is that we would then have to use a knife or surgical instrument in order to sever our hands and that would mean using an instrument that must be banned. Oh and I guess that would at least solve the abortion argument because the instruments used in that dispicable procedure would have to be banned.

The real problem is not the weapon used to commit these atrocious crimes. It boils down to the person committing the crime: They either have a sinful nature or a mental problem that even if treated usually goes unreported to the authorities and are not put on a “do not sell” list to keep them from purchasing a pistol or rifle of any kind.

We as a nation must return to God if we are to survive as a free society.

John Watson

North Huntingdon