i own 2 hand guns and i am not anti gun. if my city and state issued a concealed carry permit, i would carry one of my hand guns under certain circumstances.

i do not hunt, but i understand "thinning the herd" and hunting for food.

i do not understand thew need for assault weapons by a civilian population.

For FUN... I don't care what anyone else says my assult weapons are toys... There are other weapons out there for civilian use that are more practical. I just enjoy having an assult weapon, just like a King Edwards is a cigar, but I want something different.

Blu

The use of the word “assault weapon” is a ploy to make semi-automatic rifles sound evil and dangerous.

-Baldy-

"Anyone that has the ability should own their own tank." - John duPont

LOL at Doc Vibbe

Charlie

Assault weapons are protection from waterboarding.

Rick

So called "assualt" weapons are no different then most other rifles. They are NOT machine guns as the media portrays. They are NOT high powered as the media likes to claim. In fact they are less powerful then most hunting rifles. They are nothing more then regular, everyday semi auto rifles with cool looking furniture.

If we allow the government to outlaw these based on lies and hype, then all semi auto rifles will eventually be outlawed, as they would just be "assault rifes in disguise". They would be followed by the "high powered sniper rifles", i.e. everyday bolt action hunting rifles. Followed by the "bullet spraying" semi auto hand guns, followed by the "powerful enough to cut people in half" shotguns, followed by the "rapid fire" revolvers, followed by the .....

Understand?

BTW, why the handguns? Obama is Prez. You don't need no stinking guns!

David

I waterboard my kids...they're too soft.

Rick doesn't know it but he has cap pistols left from the 50's...

Charlie

I own a dreaded evil assault weapon that shoots 7.62X39 and I also own a 30-06 deer rifle guess with one is more powerful.

Another thing, folks who say the Founding Fathers only knew about muskets, and would never have allowed Citizens (I ain't no stinking civilian) to own miltary style weapons have no real understanding of history.

When the Constitution was written, the military weapon of the day was the musket. This was a inaccurate, short range, weapon. Citizens for the most part owned rifles, which had a very long range, where extremely accurate, and far more deadly then muskets. The new government could also not afford much artillery, so many of the cannon (think today's tank) available at the time was Citizen owned.

The Founding Fathers had no problem with thier fellow Citizens owning the most powerful and deadly weapons of the day.

David

Oh, no Eddie, NOT 7.62!!!!! I heard that stuff is ultra high powered and can punch through ammor at a 3,000 yards. Superman may have been faster than a speeding bullet, but even he couldn't stand up to 7.62.

For the uninformed, the 7.62 and the .223 are both in real life, medium power rounds, more powerful than a handgun, but far less powerful then everyday rifle rounds. They are not as the media portrays. Many states will not allow them to be used for dear hunting, as they just don't have enough power to cleanly kill a dear.

David

You'll put yer eye out!

I once heard that the 7.62 round you are talking about was able to scratch Chuck Norris!!!

In all seriousness. Personally I don't think we as citizens need an Uzi or a 50 cal machine gun in our personal arsenals, but I sure would like to pull the trigger on both. And I really hope the NRA does a better job at protecting gun owner rights in the Obama term than other lobby groups have done so far.

Regarding any firearm, the Founders had self-defense of person and property in high view, but even higher yet was the defense against tyrannical government. So when a government seeks to disarm the populace, where do you think that is going to go?

^ I agree with Neo.

There's an old catch-phrase I always use when discussing gun control.

"It's not about guns. It's about freedom."

It's not about hunting or sport shooting. It's always and forever will be about defending the Constitution against foreign AND/OR domestic enemies and guard against a tyrannical US government. So, there will always be a need for the common citizen to own and use 'assault' weapons, because it is not a right. It's an affirmation of our God given right, and ensures the protection of another God given right of life, liberity and the pursuit of happiness for all US citizens.

It's not debateable.

The second amendment guarantees your ability to have an assault weapon. It does so to allow the citizens to take back the government by force if necessary, just as they had done in the Revolution.

In the day and time of the founding Fathers everyone that could, would own a weapon for defense and hunting. The Founding fathers never dreamed anyone in government would restrict personal defense or hunting weapons.

From the Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership, a very good gun rights organization.

Think about Reasons Why You Should Join JPFO.

1. You support the preservation of the Second Amendment.

2. You believe all of the Bill of Rights must be protected.

3. You believe in protecting your life and the lives of your loved ones.

4. You realize educating the public with JPFO intellectual ammunition may prove more useful than lobbying Congress.

5. You detest American gun laws based on 1938 Nazi weapons laws.

6. You know "Gun Control" facilitates genocide.

To follow up on number 6 see the chart here:

http://www.jpfo.org/filegen-a-m/deathgc.htm#chart 

The JPFO website:

http://www.jpfo.org/index.htm 

Rick,

Ever fired an AK-47? Like somebody above me said...it is simply fun!!! I don't own one but I DO support the regulated right to own guns of pretty much any type. By regulated, I mean to uphold logical and responsible gun laws. If a person is trained and responsible.....who the hell am I to say what they can or cannot own and enjoy?

Won't be long and they'll ban assault rocks and baseball bats that are the delivery devise!!! (snicker)

Actually an unarmed citizen is held captive my his or her government. Though you may not believe that someone should own such firearms if things ever get to the point that the government needs "corrected" you will be glad we have the means to do so.