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Originally Posted by solo2020
d. Why do people whine about not being able to own fully automatic sub machine guns and assault rifles? Now the argument can be made that "well it's in the Constitution." True, but the founders of this country couldn't have foreseen the gun violence that is happening now. When the people are given too much power, we tend to abuse it (much like politicians).
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Legally owned automatic, sub-automatic, and other Class 3 weapons are almost never used in crimes. Those that are used are smuggled in, and sold on the black market. It's like banning Ferraris, Lamborghinis, Mclarens, and other supercars because they're theoretically the fastest means of escape from bank robberies. When a bank robber runs away in a Modena, it's because it was the first thing he could carjack, not because it was the fastest car he could get.
If German Jews had automatic weapons in the 1930's and weren't afraid to use them, they could have fought off the Nazis instead of becoming victims and dying by the millioins. If the people of Poland had them, they might have been able to resist invasion.
A well-informed lawmaker's desire to take guns from the hands of legitimate owners is directly porportional to the comfort with which they can violate the rights of the people whose guns they take.