Brewha wrote:Owning a pistol or rifle for hunting, protection, or defense is one thing. But there is no more of a reason for people to own assault rifles than there is for people to own grenades, mortars or land mines.
And, remember,
"There will always be some right wing crack pot droning on about what the founding fathers meant, despite its lack of relevance"
- Abraham Lincoln
For the most part, Americans are not permitted to own assault rifles. Educate yourself, my friend. Assault rifles are full auto or select fire military weapons. Private ownership was practically banned under the 1932 Firearm Act. You can only own them in a handful of states, they must be registered and a $200 tax stamp must be purchased for them yearly. IIRC, only 4 legally owned assault rifles have been used in a crime since 1932, and two of them where by police officers.
What the left, politicians and the media want to ban are semi-auto sporting rifles that are made to "look" like assault rifles. Real assault rifles have a rate of fire that is up to 10x that of a semi-auto sporting rifle.
And remember,
"Before we can truly screw the American people, we have to disarm them first".
-Barack Obama