HAMMER: Conservatives Must Not Go Soft On ‘Assault Weapons’ | Daily Wire

HAMMER: Conservatives Must Not Go Soft On ‘Assault Weapons’ | Daily Wire:

But more fundamentally, as National Review's David French has articulately argued, "assault weapons" secure the very purpose of the Second Amendment, in defending against government tyranny. "The argument is not that a collection of random citizens should be able to go head-to-head with the Third Cavalry Regiment," French wrote last year. "Rather, for the Second Amendment to remain a meaningful check on state power, citizens must be able to possess the kinds and categories of weapons that can at least deter state overreach, that would make true authoritarianism too costly to attempt."