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Originally Posted by rahl
In response to this, the overwhelming majority of citezens who own "assault weapons"(which is a ludicrous term, they do nothing that any other type of firearm can't do, which is launch a projectile from the end of a barrel) use them for recreational target practice or in competitions. I have no problem with safety based tests or competency tests such as being able to hit what your shooting at. But banning any type of firearm from law abiding citizens is just insane. It does nothing to prohibit criminals from obtaining them, or using them to commit crimes. It only takes that firearm out of my hands, which I was using lawfully to begin with
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Derwood:
There is no answer here that you will find acceptable, so why should we answer. If I told you I wanted an "assault rifle" to shot nickels off a tree branch, you would say "why can't you do that with a Red Ryder?" It's a trick question and you know it. The Second Amendment is one of the most straight forward Amendments of them all "....the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed." That's the beauty of the verbage, I am not required to justify to you or my government "which" arms I have a right to bear.
I will go ahead and answer your followup question: Yes, I believe the 2nd Amendment explicitly means that I can own a M1 Abrams Tank if I can afford to purchase it.
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Originally Posted by Cimarron29414
Derwood:
There is no answer here that you will find acceptable, so why should we answer? If I told you I wanted an "assault rifle" to shoot nickels off a tree branch, you would say "why can't you do that with a Red Ryder?" It's a trick question and you know it. The Second Amendment is one of the most straight forward Amendments of them all "....the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed." That's the beauty of the verbage, I am not required to justify to you or my government "which" arms I have a right to bear.
I will go ahead and answer your followup question: Yes, I believe the 2nd Amendment explicitly means that I can own a M1 Abrams Tank if I can afford to purchase it.
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