(August 30, 2008 at 4:02 am)solidsquid Wrote: I've heard many excuses for the "need" to have no ban on assault weapons. I've heard the "for hunting" excuse. I had no idea that deer and hogs were that heavily armed. I've also heard "for home protection" - which from a tactical standpoint is ridiculous for home protection. I think it's more of the whole "we want them just because we want them" and to occasionally get blitzed off of Milwaukee's Best (the Beast) and shoot up old cars on cinder blocks in the front yard. Other than that it ends up boiling down to someone muttering about the second amendment and their civil right. People want them for the same reason people buy Hummers that never leave the pavement - it makes them feel good...imho.
Exactly!! All they're good for is mindless fun.
How could you protect someone with an assault rifle? It's not exactly the smallest thing going and it'd need to be locked away so the kids don't get to it. Making the point of defense nullified.
Sport....well if you can't hit the deer with one bullet you don't deserve to own a licence. All you need a rifle, not an assult rifle.