Ban assault rifles?

[Eilonnwy]

I can possibly understand wanting an assault rifle for a collection. I have a weapons collection of my own. However mine is arguably less harmfull. I have 2 Katanas, a small battle ax, small katana (I forget the name of them), a large dagger, and some small knives. I have a particular fondness for blades. I would never use them for any reason but I love having them as part of my collection and showing people.

I got to a lot of anime conventions and at one I was at there was a weapons booth (for swords, knives, etc...) and I know these people because I've bought weapons from them before. I ended up talking to this guy who used to be a cop. It was clear to me he supported the 2nd amendment. He told me 911 is so somebody knows to come pick up the body. (I know that's not true, I'm sure 911 saves lot's of lives) But his point was in a home invasion if you can't protect yourself, by the time a cop got their, more than likely the person was dead. It was an interesting thing to hear from a cop. Granted I'm not going to go out and get a gun, although I've always joked if ever something happened I'd run straight to my room and grab the ax. XD

I guess my point at the end of this is that guns definitely should not be banned. However, even from the understanding of a collectors viewpoint, assault riffles are a little overkill and I believe in harsher regulations for automatics and semi-automatics. I would probably support a ban of them.