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Originally Posted by DBG";p="
But the question I always return to on this issue is - why?
Why does anyone need an assault weapon?
The only people I know who want them are testoterone-poisoned peni-s-challenged think-witted fools - the same guys who drive real big real high pickups with real big tires and lots of lights (more than YOU have, so there -nyah) - - because they have very small.........personal 'weapons', if ya catch me drift.
These are not people we want to have MORE well-armed.
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I can't answer the why (do people want them) in all cases, DBG. But the why is probably linked to the fascination with their potential, the big bangs they make, the appearance... lots of things, depending on the person. Though it's "make-it-up-as-you-go" psycho-babble, the penis theory may have some validity, but I'd need to see the study, since I don't check out the guys and
gals at the range, I wouldn't know about that one. I do find it interesting that certain types seem hung up on that as their main contention though. Not suggesting anything, but it is interesting.
But the why (do people need them) is one where there is no solid answer, IMO. Very few people, if any,
need them. I don't
need the (misnamed) assault weapons that I have. I don't need a car that goes 150mph. I don't need to follow sporting events, where several people each year die. I don't need to jump out of airplanes. I don't need a lot of things. I don't need to do a lot of things. I have certain things, and do certain things, simply because I enjoy the experience. With some of these things, I do have greater potential to hurt someone... or myself. But I have that potential anyway... most people do.
While their politics are surely different from yours, the strict NRA/GOA types are the last types you need to worry about having an "assault weapon" or a machine gun permit. These are law & order types. A good many of the full autos that I saw on display in Richmond, in the early-mid '90's, were "factory" full autos. They were smuggled weapons and had been seized from street criminals or en route up I95. I think you folks would find most gun owners (NRA and GOA types included) support the move to clean those weapons off the street. It's the illegal possession of weapons (legal and illegal versions) that should concern most rational people.
Being overly (and oddly) concerned with a weekend G.I. Joe/Jane, who has an AR15 or AK47, is really a waste of time. I wonder why people need to do that - they never accomplish anything. But I figure it makes them happy and gives them something to do, so...
