I guess I don't have a right to my opinion without ridicule. Don't think macho types are into milk and cookies either!
My Dad had rifles, shotguns, and I think a handgun but you know what he wasn't macho about it and used them for hunting. Automatic weapons he was not in favor of owning because they could fall in the hands of people not qualified to use them. Guess he should be serving milk and cookies too?
Whatever...some people shouldn't have internet access/an automobile/alcohol/etc either, those things have fallen into the hands of people not qualified to use those things too.
You miss the point...if conservatism is about preserving the Constitution, preserving our freedom, and preserving our rights as free U.S. citizens; an AWB is not the solution to having assult weapons fall into the hands of crimminals (which they already do...and no ban is going to change that anyhow). The solution is to prosecute and punish those who commit a crime with an automatic weapon. Lock them up, send them to the electric chair, have them rot away in prison to suffer the consequences of their actions. Out of all the "reforms" we've been seeing out of this administration (Campaign finance, Medicare, and now immigration) the two that are needed the most, and the two that the Republicans (up to this point) have been soft on, are Tort Rerform and Judicial Reform (i.e. getting judicial vacancies filled, by conservative judges; whatever that means now). Any other solution doesn't cut it...its just a delusional government usurping of power band-aid on an obvious problem. Have criminals suffer for their actions...leave me alone with my right to defend myself and my family. There's nothing "macho" about that, unless you consider preserving and protecting the life of yourself and your loved ones "macho".