Posted on 12/18/2012 12:47:32 PM PST by woofer2425
Bob Beckel on Fox news asked yesterday, "Why does anyone need an "assault rifle"?
I thought...Why does anyone need a 900 HP muscle car?...they could drive an East German wondercar like the Trabant or a Yaris or some other meager means of transport which aren't so "wasteful and dangerous". Why is there 1st class seating on airliners? Why are there multi CPU, overclocked computers when a plain vanilla Dell would be adequate?
I know you could come up with many more examples like this.
There are many choices we have the privledge to make because we live in this wonderful country. Some of the choices are wasteful, frivolous or dangerous to some. One of the choices we have is the weapon we choose. Whether it's for sport or protection...it's our choice...like many things in our life. You know...."assault weapons" are not Automatic weapons...they are the same mechanically as some hunting rifles with just a change in the stock design...with maybe a pistol grip added. They look more dangerous to these communists in the house and senate so they want to get rid of them. Most don't know a thing about firearms.
We have, and enjoy owning all types of guns because we are Americans and have freedom of choice. It would be wrong to take guns away from good and lawful people. You know the criminals won't give up there's. This is just another lie from the left.
Use away!!
I need one to mount my bayonet.
But the LeftistMarxistSocialistPolitical Democrats are ramming this home...talking to the feel good low wattage among us. Period.
It WON'T stop until ALL guns are outlawed. That's their endgame. OBAMA himself...has said as much.
Anyone here that thinks differently is not thinking....
It's no different than HealthCare....THEY have said they want SINGLE PAYER..That's the END GAME!! They've SAID IT!! THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT!!...AND THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE STRIVING/FIGHTING FOR!!!!
The day all guns are banned in America will be the day the American gove’t becomes a tyrannical gov’t. Oblamer and his gang of Marxists will attempt to do anything to further that ambition.
Any gun (weapon) can be considered an “assault” weapon. Weren’t flintlock muskets and Pennsylvania rifles the “assault” weapons of their day?
A .22 single shot rifle is an “assault rifle” if you kill someone with it!
Merry Christmas to you humblegunner. I hope you are well.
The same right back at you!
My thought exactly. The features that make “assault rifles” good for assaulting no doubt make them excellent defensive weapons as well.
I could easily imagine an “assault rifle” with a high capacity magazine being a homeowner’s best friend if you had to face two or three badguys for whatever reason, which isn’t a totally crazy scenario.
I usually remind people of the Jody Foster movie “Panic Room” A team home invasion is not that uncommon.
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