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

[Kenny]

Nobody "needs" anything except food, water and shelter,

I'm opposed to gun control advocates push to ban certain firearms based on a list of cosmetic/ergonomic features since rifles of any type including so-called "assault weapons" are rarely used to kill people.

Total murders...12,664...100.00%
Handguns...6,220....49.12%
Firearms (type unknown)...1,684...13.30%
Edged weapons...1,694.....13.38%
Other weapons (non-firearm, non-edged)..1,659...13.10%
Hands, feet, etc.....728.....5.75%
Shotguns....356....2.81%
Rifles...323......2.55%


http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/cri...s/table-20

Of course, weapons that would be banned as so-called "assault weapons" would be a subset of that 2.55%.

More than FIVE TIMES as many people were stabbed to death in 2011 than shot
to death with a rifle, yet you don't see the outrage about knife murders do you? Ever hear somebody say we should ban knives? Nope.

Where's the outrage that handguns are used in nearly HALF of all murders in the US? Instead these gun-control advocates are going after the least misused type of firearm..

Now, I'm not for banning any kind of gun but I'd say it makes a lot more sense to ban handguns, not so-called "assault weapons"