Lebell

Charlatan,

Thanks for a well stated post that states your feelings without going off on a tangent telling anyone who wants a gun that they must be 'crazy' or 'fearful'.

Anyway, a few points.

-I'm glad you are not fearful of a home invasion, and in general, neither am I, but the reality is that they do happen. The question is, do you want to play the odds that it won't happen to you or do want to prepare for that possibility?

-Real Uzi's and other automatic weapons (btw, an 'assault' rifle is a select fire weapon capable of firing in an automatic mode) are already heavily regulated. My Bushmaster DCM AR-15 may look like a military M-16 (i.e. it looks scary), but it is mechanically no different than any other gas operated semi-automatic carbine (i.e hunting rifle).

-the Second Ammendment mentions NOTHING about hunting. It does talk about defense. The government could ban all hunting tomorrow and be within its legal rights (if it could ignore the firestorm of protest is a different issue.)

-Large caliber handguns are used for hunting all the time. It actually provides more of a challenge (like bow hunting), since you have to get closer to the animal for a sure kill.

-More properly, hand guns are meant to equalize the ability of people to kill each other. In other words, thanks to Samuel Colt, an old woman can defend herself quite easily against a 20 year old 200lb rapist. This was not possible before the invention (and wide scale availablity and affordability) of the gun.

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