5 Gun Myths: Dispelling Popular Gun Myths

Over the years, many myths about the world of guns have circulated. Some are based on small amounts of truth. Some are born out of fear and lack of knowledge.

While some of these myths are just tales of old women that have been around forever. Most, I think, come from misinformation spread by the internet, the press, people with political agendas, and the biggest perpetrator of fantasy, Hollywood.

Think of everything you know about how to survive a zombie apocalypse. You can probably tell me half a dozen ways to kill a vampire. Everyone knows the only way to kill a werewolf. The only certain fact that matters is … They don’t exist!

In an effort to correct some of this misinformation, I have compiled a list of the top 10 myths that I hear regularly. They are:

1 – Assault weapons

This is just a name. A stone is an assault weapon. Should we ban rocks? This is a political agenda item. Most people believe that “assault rifles” are machine guns. They don’t know the difference between semi-automatic and fully automatic. They are fully automatic machine guns. They are and should be more strictly regulated. That scary-looking semiautomatic is functionally no different than that cute revolver.

2- Things that explode when shot

We’ve all seen the movie where the good guy pulls out his gun, shoots a bullet at the bad guy’s car, and it explodes, right? It is not probable. Cars seem to explode all the time on the screen. Hit a tree, boom. Roll it up in a ditch, boom. Shoot, boom. Normal bullets are a small piece of metal, not an explosive. If throwing a small piece of metal will blow up your car, maybe you should find another car.

3 – Background check of the gun fair and Internet purchases.

All sales, in the United States, at gun shows or offline must go through an authorized FFL dealer and background checks are required. Without exceptions. It has been like this for years.

4 – Gun-free zones

Where to start? That “Gun Free” sign has never stopped a criminal. Almost all of the mass shootings have occurred in gun-free zones. It just guarantees that there will be no nice guys with guns, how useful? Private companies have the right to establish a gun-free zone. You should check your own local laws, but a private party putting up a sign doesn’t make it law, just their policy. A holder of a concealed and legal permit can be asked to leave, but cannot be arrested for violating that policy.

5 – Silencers

Thanks to Hollywood, everyone seems to think that a silencer will make a gun whisper quietly. Is not true. Depending on the ammunition used, a silencer will muffle the sound. Subsonic rounds, those traveling less than 1100 ft / sec will calm down about half. Rounds traveling over 1100 ft / sec will continue to experience the sonic boom when they break the sound barrier. Quieter, but still noisy. You still know that a gun was fired.

Hopefully you’ve shed some light on these common misconceptions. I urge you to check the facts for yourself. Almost everything is available on the web. Experts on all topics are available. Just do a little checking and make sure you know the truth so you don’t promote more myths than necessary.

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