guns

In CaSe dUh GuBmInT tAkE oVeR. DeR'b DeRp MoOnShInE.

(Really though) I take a firm stance on this. There really is no reason you need Armalite-15s. Or AK-47s, or anything else of that sort that has the small p**is stamp of approval. You wanna play with autos? Fine, start a business, get permits, make a gun-club where those weapons are only available there. You don't need them in your home. You don't need them to go to the store, and you don't need them to walk around town.

There's no reason you need a Corvette, so why don't you relegate them to tracks and circuits only?

A corvette is not a gun.

Ah, but my point was not that it was a firearm. My point is it is built to go extremely fast despite there being virtually no road in the nation with a limit that a simple VW sedan can't hit.

Why do people need Corvettes or any sports car then? Would it not be simpler if we restricted everyone to vehicles that top out at around 80 mph to prevent speeding?

The point is, just because some people abuse something doesn't give us as a society license to take it away from everyone.

Again, abuse of intended speeding ramifications are far less malicious and lethal when considering intended gun violence

Yet it still results in the death of plenty of people annually. Why treat them differently?

Because there is no intent to kill or target populations when you're speeding to have fun or get somewhere fast.

And yet a very common argument against full or even semiautomatic weapons in even a home-defense situation is that they 'endanger others accidentally'.

The issue isn't with home defense, it's with the increased number of "mass shootings" school shootings, mall shootings, etc. that keep happening.

So why don't people attack schools with cars? Or even malls?

Hmmm...

So devise a good way to keep those guns out of those environments while not taking them away from everyone entirely.

Every suggestion made is met with "no"

Looking for the right wing to make a suggestion

A: Killing lots of black people and Democrats.

I believe they only belong in secured gun ranges, only for use for entertainment at secured outdoor ranges. No where outside there should they be in use, unless you are in the military fighting an active war.

What about the folks with enough land to maintain their own ranges? Right now you can currently apply for a special license to own and operate automatic weapons and I don't think those applicants are found committing crimes at all.

That too. I think if you need a license to drive a car, you need to have a license to operate a machine powered gun, that can kill people in almost an instant.

Absolutely agree. Mandatory background checks for all firearms purchases and additional training/licensing if you want full auto weapons is just common sense.

Dealing with multiple fascists per second. That’s why I need one.

I'm going to be honest here, they're just fun to shoot

I think he was hunting with a grenade launcher.

"What legal need do you have for a Corvette, mansion, or expensive food? A VW bug, apartment, and PB&J's get the job done."

It's the principle. Government does not exist to determine what an upstanding citizen can have. Government exists to protect its citizens. From that purpose we derive the (very sound) logical basis that weapons intended for a conflict between nations (WMD's, heavy weapons/vehicles, etc) should be relegated to national control via the military. An automatic weapon does not meet this criterion.

Instead of asking why you *need* something, ask this: why should an upstanding, law-abiding citizen be denied something outside the aforementioned weapons?

I actually completely agree!