GUNS DON'T KILL PEOPLE, OR DO THEY?

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We need the ability to protect our families at all costs, when the shit hits the fan there will be no cops to protect you. The LA riots can happen anywhere.

What do gun owners "need"? A semi-automatic? A huge supply of ammo and high capacity magazines? That's what gets me. I don't mind gun ownership but when you're purchasing weapons that are designed for mass casualties...I don't want those types of weapons in my neighborhood. And where does it stop? Fully automatic weapons are illegal (I believe). I'd like to extend that down to what a person reasonably needs to defend themselves from an armed intruder or two plus what a hunter or sportsperson reasonably needs for his hobby.

*sigh* I'm sick of repeating myself on this topic. The second amendment is not clearly written and there are many arguments about what the founding fathers intended when they wrote that. There were at least one or two versions before they landed on what we read today. It's my personal belief that most of them, if they were alive today, would say "whoa...dude. This isn't what we had in mind. Different era and all that".