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Originally Posted by mikey_the_redneck
I called your post dumb because you came off as one of these ranting, anti-gun, politically correct a-holes that I can't stand.
Well, if someone wanted to kill you, would it matter if it was an assault weapon or a pistol? You are dead either way. The guy was carrying the rifle because he was at that type of event. What I was saying was, your typical gun owning citizen goes to the gun store and buys a gun legally with whatever identification/licence is required. You seem to have a problem with this........
Your average inner-city gangster street thug who has a criminal record of some kind cannot buy a gun legally at the store, so he gets it off the street. Like I said, guns get a bad rap because of inner city violence revolving around the drug trade and gangs.............guns are not the problem. You take all the guns away, and then only the illegal street guns are in circulation, and the criminals job is now easier because they KNOW you dont have one. The violence will continue.
I can tell you haven't owned a gun.......people hear the word "assault rifle" and immediately think of all the terrorists in action movies they have seen, so there is a sense of fear around them. The fact is that an assault rifle, the AK-47 in particular can be used for hunting, and they work quite well.
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And you are one of those Charlton Heston you-can-pry-it-from-my-cold-dead-hands fanatics that freak out and get defensive when someone doesn't believe baring arms is a good idea or safe. I think that kind of fanaticism is a big problem with society. While you're at it, why stop at assault riffles? Why not arm people with WMDs? Bazookas? Hand gernades? AK-47s?
It's funny how you seem to believe people that people that committ crimes are not ordinary citizens. like they are any different. They were ordinary joe's who had access to a weapon and used it for killing or assaulting someone. No one has ever murdered when they didn't have a weapon.
No, I have never owned or shot a gun and am proud of it. My package is big enough, I don't need a gun or will ever need to feel the "thrill" of killing something. Just like drugs, guns can be handled in a safe, responsible way but they often are not and the world would be a much better place if they were both abolished.
The 2nd ammendment was written at the time when a WMD was a musket. It is so dated it's ridiculous, just like the people that support it.