“I’m sick of people saying they need an assault weapon to defend themselves,”
Well, maybe if people like you and the people you elect stopped trying to limit a basic, long-respected and -established Constitutional right, most gun owners would just buy handguns, bolt-action rifles, .22s and shotguns. But NOOOOOOO, you have to have Red Flag laws, waiting periods (like there’s one of those for the 1st Amendment), constant and increasing restrictions on firearms, the outlawing (unless you pay big fees and go through the 3rd degree) of a simple item of safety and convenience (sound suppressors), etc., etc. - PLUS the demonization of everyone who owns a firearm or wants one. THAT, you blithering idiot and proto-tyrant, is how you get magazine-fed semi-auto rifles to be the single best selling item among gun owners.
Try a big cup of STFU and leave us alone, and demand for those guns you don’t like will drop.