WHOA! ---> Josh Sugarmann ---> Native of NEWTOWN ---> coined term 'assault rifle' & founder of the Violence Policy Center (VPC

Holy Shit! The chances of this being coincidence are pretty damn low arent they!?



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A native of Newtown, Connecticut, Josh Sugarmann is the executive director of the Violence Policy Center (VPC). He is the author of two books, National Rifle Association: Money, Firepower & Fear and Every Handgun is Aimed at You: The Case for Banning Handguns.

Prior to founding the VPC, Sugarmann was a press officer in the national office of Amnesty International USA and was the communications director for the National Coalition to Ban Handguns.

Some credit Sugarmann for coining the term "assault weapon". Sugarmann uses the term because he argues that a semi-automatic rifle is capable of rapid fire that makes it almost as lethal as a fully automatic firearm such as assault rifles. The impression that Sugarmann originated the term may stem from a 1988 study he authored, "Assault Weapons and Accessories in America", which was the first study to look at semiautomatic weapons the VPC deemed "assault weapons".