[diamond6]

How about a machine gun? Should we let anybody get these, too?

[Mulder]

How about a machine gun?

First of all, machine guns aren't illegal so long as you jump through all the hoops.

Secondly, you, like most sheeple, have no freaking idea how many "machine guns" the American people possess. It's likely well over 1 million. And when is the last time one of these have been used for a crime?

Should we let anybody get these, too?

By your question, you automatically assume that you have power over other Free men and women, which you don't.

In America, INDIVIDUALS have Rights and possess all the power. We loan a little bit of that power to the gov't to secure our Rights, as Jefferson so eloquently stated in the Declaratation of Indepdendence.

Gun ownership (of ANY firearm) isn't something the gov't "lets" us do. It's our Right as Free men and women.

[Mini-14]

"How about a machine gun? Should we let anybody get these, too?"

No, you shouldn't be allowed to have a machine gun.

[dcwusmc]

YES. It is not the weapon, which is none of government's business (short of WMD), it is the MISUSE of same. Got it yet? "...shall not be infringed" means exactly that... Self defence is NOT A RIGHT GRANTED BY GOVERNMENT OR THE CONSTITUTION... IT IS A RIGHT GRANTED BY THE CREATOR!!!