I am emailing this to everyone including reps that aren't my own;
Dear (everyone),
The DHS is seeking to purchase as many as 7000 rifles, PDWs or "personal defense weapons" as they are "particularly suited to personal defense in close quarters". Not really a big deal except that if you look at Sec. C in the link below, you can read for yourself the characteristics of the rifles, actually referred to as "Colt M4 type".
The characteristics are the same as those that appear in proposed ban legislation but those rifles are referred to as "assault weapons", they are the very characteristics that define an "assault" weapon according to legislators. They simply can't be both and I personally am sending emails to both state and federal reps demanding an explanation.
This is further illustration of the tactic being used to control the language and conversation to illicit a particular and calculated response from the public.
The primary difference between what is available for public consumption and that being considered for purchase by the DHS is that the request from the DHS is for select fire rifles, which are not available to the public as you know without meeting very strict requirements including a $200 tax stamp and FBI background check with fingerprinting.
I am demanding of my reps to provide an explanation and to publicly define an "assault weapon" because its one or the other and certainly not both. I personally do not own a single "assault weapon".
Rossignol
https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode ... e&_cview=0