The new push for an assault weapons ban...

[The Reckoning]

if 17 year old recruits are able to shoot and carry assault rifles out of basic training, why cant i?

as a unit of the People/Militia, i should be able to outfit myself in defense - provided that i am licensed and have proven responsibility with a weapon

[FreeMason]

From the way it sounds, guns are what... some kind of personal statement? You get a gun to look cool or mean?

If you don't understand now, you will never understand. There is no use for you continuing to ask sarcastic questions. You will never get it so just be content with never getting it.

Maybe one day you will understand. However, even then no one will care that you have finally gotten it and people will go on possessing guns in the meantime.

[Oh, Gee!!]

Anything other than that is unnecessary and one step closer to the federal government banning all firearms, going against the very grain of the Cons ution.

paranoid much?

[Winehole23]

paranoid much?

It's the same slippery slope argument that gets trotted out whenever expression is limited. It's just as valid or invalid, depending on your view.

[LnGrrrR]

Here's a link about gun usage as opposed to other crimes... looks a bit old though. It's tough to find info, it seems, to compare gun usage in crimes to other kinds.

http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/homicide/cir st.htm

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

paranoid much?

Nope, just have the ability to see the big picture.

[Oh, Gee!!]

Nope, just have the ability to see the big picture.

http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=115146