Serano
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First off, I'd like to point out that the media has been getting this confused for quite some time. They have been talking about these mass shootings, calling the weapons that are being used "Assault Rifle". Quick lesson here, an "Assault Rifle" is a weapon that has the ability to launch multiple bullets with a single trigger pull. It is not a black gun. Black guns do not equal Assault Rifle. Example: both of these are the same gun, the Ruger 10/22, the most popular entry level rifle in the US Market. Just because you add a black paint job and some accessories, doesn't make it an ASSAULT RIFLE!
That lesson out of the way, I think that if you want to have a true Assault Rifle, that is fully automatic, then I say you should be able to.
Why you may ask could I ever think this is a good idea? First, it's not like the bad guys don't already have access to such firearms. Wouldn't it seem fair that maybe you should have access to the same firepower? And the idea that the government will always be able to protect you from the bad guys that want your food and supplies is just moronic. It's not like you have to have a complete government breakdown or a zombie apocalypse for this to happened. Look at recent examples of Hurricane Sandy and Katrina. People were isolated and cut off from the outside road and had to deal with roving groups of looters. If you go a little further back to the LA Riots in 1992, you had Koreans on rooftops armed with high capacity magazines having to defend their business from out of control mobs that were roaming the street:
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You may be thinking, "With everyone armed with AR's, it will mean gun crime will skyrocket!" To which I reply, "Why you be listening to those idiots on TV instead of doing your own research?" First off, people already own these guns and it's not like you see every day a bank being robbed by a .50 cal. Technically, it isn't illegal for the average joe to own a automatic weapon. It's just that with all the hoops you'd have to jump through, it'll end up costing you $50,000 to actually own one with class 4 restrictions they way there are.
Also, it's not like this hasn't ever been done before in the history of the world. For instance, when was the last time you heard of a mass shooting in Switzerland? Ever hear of all the murders that are going on in Switzerland? No you don't, and that's because there isn't. But you know what is there? Four Hundred Thousands fully automatic rifles, to say nothing for the two or so more million semi-automatic rifles.
That's right, I said everyone. The Swiss army has long been a militia trained and structured to rapidly respond against foreign aggression. Swiss males grow up expecting to undergo basic military training, usually at age 20 in the Rekrutenschule (recruit school), the basic-training camp, after which Swiss men remain part of the "militia" in reserve capacity until age 30 (age 34 for officers). Each soldier is required to keep his army-issued personal weapon (the 5.56x45mm Sig 550 rifle for enlisted personnel and/or the 9mm SIG-Sauer P226 semi-automatic pistol for officers, military police, medical and postal personnel) at home or (as of 2010) in the local armoury (Zeughaus). (That's right, they aren't just allowed to have automatic rifles, THERE ISSUED MILITARY GRADE ASSAULT RIFLES!)
But I'm not from Switzerland, let me show someone who is from there talk about how important guns are to the Swiss Culture:
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I'll wrap this all up with a statistic, that should get my point across crystal clear: If I was to ask you, which location had more gun violence; Wyoming with around 60% of people having guns and or Washington D.C that has the toughest gun restrictions in the country, where only 2.3% have guns? Give you a hint, it's the one where you don't have to worry about someone shooting you for holding them up.
That lesson out of the way, I think that if you want to have a true Assault Rifle, that is fully automatic, then I say you should be able to.
Why you may ask could I ever think this is a good idea? First, it's not like the bad guys don't already have access to such firearms. Wouldn't it seem fair that maybe you should have access to the same firepower? And the idea that the government will always be able to protect you from the bad guys that want your food and supplies is just moronic. It's not like you have to have a complete government breakdown or a zombie apocalypse for this to happened. Look at recent examples of Hurricane Sandy and Katrina. People were isolated and cut off from the outside road and had to deal with roving groups of looters. If you go a little further back to the LA Riots in 1992, you had Koreans on rooftops armed with high capacity magazines having to defend their business from out of control mobs that were roaming the street:
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You may be thinking, "With everyone armed with AR's, it will mean gun crime will skyrocket!" To which I reply, "Why you be listening to those idiots on TV instead of doing your own research?" First off, people already own these guns and it's not like you see every day a bank being robbed by a .50 cal. Technically, it isn't illegal for the average joe to own a automatic weapon. It's just that with all the hoops you'd have to jump through, it'll end up costing you $50,000 to actually own one with class 4 restrictions they way there are.
Also, it's not like this hasn't ever been done before in the history of the world. For instance, when was the last time you heard of a mass shooting in Switzerland? Ever hear of all the murders that are going on in Switzerland? No you don't, and that's because there isn't. But you know what is there? Four Hundred Thousands fully automatic rifles, to say nothing for the two or so more million semi-automatic rifles.
That's right, I said everyone. The Swiss army has long been a militia trained and structured to rapidly respond against foreign aggression. Swiss males grow up expecting to undergo basic military training, usually at age 20 in the Rekrutenschule (recruit school), the basic-training camp, after which Swiss men remain part of the "militia" in reserve capacity until age 30 (age 34 for officers). Each soldier is required to keep his army-issued personal weapon (the 5.56x45mm Sig 550 rifle for enlisted personnel and/or the 9mm SIG-Sauer P226 semi-automatic pistol for officers, military police, medical and postal personnel) at home or (as of 2010) in the local armoury (Zeughaus). (That's right, they aren't just allowed to have automatic rifles, THERE ISSUED MILITARY GRADE ASSAULT RIFLES!)
But I'm not from Switzerland, let me show someone who is from there talk about how important guns are to the Swiss Culture:
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I'll wrap this all up with a statistic, that should get my point across crystal clear: If I was to ask you, which location had more gun violence; Wyoming with around 60% of people having guns and or Washington D.C that has the toughest gun restrictions in the country, where only 2.3% have guns? Give you a hint, it's the one where you don't have to worry about someone shooting you for holding them up.
