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No. Hard Pass. · Local time: Jul 3, 2008, 09:07 PM

See, I can see the argument for wanting to own a handgun for protection, or a rifle for hunting. Here's the bit I don't get: What possible reason is there for it to be legal for a citizen to own an assault rifle.

Just curious.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

No. Hard Pass. · Local time: Jul 4, 2008, 01:10 AM

Originally Posted by Bradylama

As a member of the militia, which is everybody depending on how you interpret that, an assault rifle is the best thing you have for use in militia duties short of improvised explosives. The only problem is that the well regulated militia aspect isn't regulated at all and nobody receives any mandatory training in asymmetric warfare and responsible weapons storage.

It's a problematic issue, no doubt. I guess, for me, I just don't see the point in keeping an AK under your pillow. I'm not saying take the guns, I'm just saying there are, you know, limits to what we should believe is actually going to be used for hunting and target practice.

If a kid gets caught with a playboy, we're not really going to believe he was reading the article on the best cigars north of Cuba, are we?

There's nowhere I can't reach.

No. Hard Pass. · Local time: Jul 4, 2008, 01:15 AM

Originally Posted by Night Phoenix

The action needs no defense; it's been defended and upheld.

The law isn't always correct, NP. I can't believe that someone with your belief system concerning keeping an armed militia just in case the government truly goes too far would be so upset about people daring to question the validity of a decision.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

No. Hard Pass. · Local time: Jul 4, 2008, 01:37 AM

Originally Posted by Night Phoenix

You can question it, but at the end of the day -- the grand jury determined that this guy didn't do anything worthy of prosecution, which in my book is just fine. If they had decided that he did in fact needed to be prosecuted, I would've been cool with that, too.

No, I get that you're a real the law is the law guy. I grasp that. I'm just curious as to why it seems to upset you so much when people question that. Is it just a matter of not wanting people to think they know better than the experts? Because I can get behind that.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?