[presidio9]

On this very website, I have come across Libertarian nutcases who argued that anyone has a right to own a Stinger surface to air missle, as long as he doesn't use it. I kid you not.

[Ten Megaton Solution]

What's wrong with having your own stinger? People can own rifles, can't they?

What, truly is the moral distinction between being able to kill people one at a time (or more. Imagine a sniper aiming at the driver of a Greyhound Bus on the freeway...), and being able to kill them in batch lots?

Last time I checked, the biggest incident of mass murder on American soil was done by towelheads with box cutters.

[GovernmentShrinker]

Call me a nutcase, but as I read the 2nd Amendment, our right to keep and bear arms "shall not be infringed". Background reading proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that the purpose of this is so that the people will be able to successfully defeat a tyrannical government with force. How is the freedom to own a cruise missile inconsistent with this? Yes it COULD be used to inflict great harm on innocent people. Shall we also prohibit farmers from keeping significant quantities of ammonium nitrate, which can be mixed with the tank of heating oil at their home to create a powerful bomb?