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Anti-gun politicians focus on specific gun features and call them dangerous. Pistol grips, adjustable stocks, flash hiders, etc. Putting those features in the appropriate context is probably worthwhile IMO.I don't think it matters that much that people have some technical misunderstandings of firearms parts and operation.
Our obsession with correctness at that level is a massive distraction. Whenever some new gun legislation comes up, so many of the comments seem to be about how technically ignorant legislators are, as if that is some kind of viable argument against whatever they are proposing. "Should thing that goes up" - right, funny ha ha, but getting us nowhere. You don't win moral battles on small technicalities.
Safety, yes. Technical knowledge that matters for safety and defensive use, like how to clear a jam - YES.
Right to bear foundational knowledge - YES.
"It's a magazine, not a clip" - YAWN
(Though that kind of thing is not nearly as harmful to the 2A cause as all the dire and wacky apocalyptic "they are coming for us and our children" type krap, which makes gun owners look like a bunch of irrational doomer kooks.)