@hightor,
hightor wrote:gun control advocates are concerned with safety -- the desire to minimize injuries and death and to keep firearms out of the hands of people who use them irresponsibly.
Your claim is contradicted by facts and reality.
If that was their concern, they would not devote so much energy to trying to outlaw pistol grips.
hightor wrote:All their proposals can be debated as to their effectiveness but none of them indicate a desire to deny anyone's rights for their own pleasure.
That is incorrect. No one can provide any alternative motivation for their crazed demands to outlaw pistol grips.