[spunkets]

"Obviously, anyone with half a brain would recognize that the average citizen should not be able to walk into a hardware store and purchase weapons of mass destruction."

You didn't list weapons of mass destruction, but I assure you that one can indeed walk into a hardware store and buy them. You listed what are basically small arms, which have specific and limited capability.

[mamelukesabre]

"You didn't list weapons of mass destruction, but I assure you that one can indeed walk into a hardware store and buy them"

Name them. I think you are blowing smoke.

"You listed what are basically small arms, which have specific and limited capability."

What's your point?