Can someone give me a rational reason why law abiding citizens need assault weapons?

[Mark Jack]

@ RAMAR with all due respect just because someone disagrees with you doesn't make there opinion irrational nor does it mean your opinion is the unmitigated absolute rule that should govern every man woman and child, the same goes for my opinion.


I will try to give a good response. I am 19, very pro gun and I have been shooting since 13.

The reason I oppose a ban is because the previous AWB data came up inconclusive to whether or not it had any affect on crime. This is likely why.

Banning semiauto rifles to stop crimes is like ( and I hate to use analogies) banning Ferrari because they go fast. The truth is the vast majority of crime is committed with handguns mostly 9mm. Semiauto rifles are used least in crime out of all firearms other than full auto's which were banned ( technically heavily regulated) in the 1934 due to their use in crime by bootlegger's.

Aside from.cosmetics a semiauto hunting rifle is just a larger caliber version ( .308 for example) version of your common semiauto military STYLE ( Implying it's not the same as a military rifle such as the M4 assault rifle a select fire carbine version of the M16 assault rifle based on the original design of the armalite model 15 rifle. AR-15 )

AR-15's are civilian semiautomatic version of the military select fire ( 3 round burst and full auto) M16. They look identical to military M4's but function differently, but are often misnomered as assault rifles.

The military uses the Beretta 92 as it's main pistol it's not called an assault pistol even though it's semiautomatic and military.

Also for 99% of people they just buy the gun for the purpose of shooting inanimate targets. Just for fun. Since they aren't criminals there's no reason for them not to have one. Some use it for protection :

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=XMg0FQS6F...Mg0FQS6Fqo

Or hunting / recreation.

Virginia tech shooter used. 22 cal hand guns ( they weakest ammo available ) and the Columbine shooters used hand gun chambered Hi point ( how cheap). Carbines.

Historically the Bath school tragedy had no guns used and the highest body count.

Logically banning 9mm handguns would ( if bans worked) stop several dozen times as many crimes this year than " assault rifle ".

Banning them would be a decision based on emotion and not logic, and for the good people that's not fair.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKlmZQVcX...ata_player

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0R3uLTnz...ata_player

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wUGiuMp...ata_player