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Originally Posted by Kybosh
I fail to see why any civilian would ever need any of those weapons and why they should be allowed to obtain them by law.
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Because in America... Freedom trumps everything. Having whatever means possible to defend yourself against someone who may try to take your life is extremely important.
It's not just about 'the gun' or having a gun. For some, who feel the left is slowly eroding away the true definition of freedom (freedom from regulation, freedom from excessive government control, etc), being allowed to own a gun is more of a symbol than anything else.
Being a right-winger myself, I agree with this, despite being a Canadian who's never owned or fired a gun, I can certainly appreciate how important they are as a symbol to American freedom in the eyes of true patriots (lefties, in my opinion, are anti-patriots).
If you think having those 3 guns is unnecessary, I'm interested to read your rant on what YouTube's FPSRussia (some kid from Georgia who, allegedly, fakes a Russian accent and is almost as popular as Lady Gaga) owns and has access to. Watching through his videos must be shocking to some of the biggest gun fans. With the exception of nukes, that guy has legally got his hands on just about every piece of firepower you can dream up.
To let the government decide, for other people, what is necessary or unnecessary, with respect to guns, because they 'fail to see why civilians would need a particular weapon' would just leave an argument open for the government 'failing to see why civilians needs more than 90hp in their cars' among a million other examples of support of more and more government control over our lives in the name of treating grown adults like children.
7 Billion People on this planet. If you spend your leisure time among them, no amount of government control is going to afford you any guarantees in life. That's reality. We all live in it.
Anyways... I could type all day, but I can't articulate anything better than this solid American:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRAw3VWVyD8