Gun rights activists to use 223 bullet motif for 'day of resistance'

[Eugene]

Source: The Guardian

Gun rights activists to use 223 bullet motif for 'day of resistance'

Adam Gabbatt
guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 29 January 2013 20.05 GMT

Gun rights activists are planning a nationwide "day of resistance" on 23 February, a date that bears a typographical similarity to .223 assault weapon cartridges used in the Sandy Hook and Aurora shootings.

Organisers said they chose the date – whose common short form in the US is 2/23 – as a "clever way" to attract "the gun crowd" to the event, but denied it would be seen as insensitive.

A series of rallies by Tea Party activists and pro-gun campaigners will be held across the US in response to the 23 executive orders introduced by President Obama that organisers say are "unconstitutional".

A .223 Bushmaster semi-automatic rifle was used in the Sandy Hook shootings, while a AR-15 using .223 cartridges was also used in the Aurora killings, prompting calls for a ban on assault weapons.

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Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jan/29/gun-rights-activists-223-resistance

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1. Assault weapon cartridge?

[gejohnston]

2. if find it odd

this rifle uses the same round.
http://www.eurooptic.com/anschutz-1770-d-223-remington-classic-meistergrade-ba-rifle.aspx

A series of rallies by Tea Party activists and pro-gun campaigners will be held across the US in response to the 23 executive orders introduced by President Obama that organisers say are "unconstitutional".

Ummm, according to the founder of Independent Firearms Owners Association, the list came from them, the NRA, and manufactures. While the whole thing is worth watching, the relevant part starts at 3:00

[iiibbb]

3. whoa whoa whoa... a 60 degree lift... who needs that except a rapid fire sniper?

lol