rubhereforluck wrote...
I would read your link but it's not from a real fact checked media site, or even the NRA directly so I highly doubt its authenticity.
Anyway, on topic. I can see the pros and cons of assault weapons. Pros: I can now take down the government when they come to take my assault weapons. Cons: the only people who actually buy assault weapons are criminals and slack jawed yokels who spout what I placed in the pro slot. That being said, I am ok with people legally owning assault weapons of any type. Rifles, shot guns, sniper rifles, the whole gambit. I may not like the idea that people feel the need to arm themselves to the teeth but hey, as long as they are responsible and sane it should be ok.
My views on gun laws.
1.) Concealed carry should never be allowed. At all. Not even in bars. Looks at Arizona and face palms.
2.) I believe in gun free zones. I think that any business or private property that does not wish for people to carry firearms into said location should not be forced to allow this to happen. At the very least they should be able to file paperwork and display proper signage to become covered under gun free zone laws.
3.) If you wish to carry a fire arm why not have more open carry permits in which you can have your gun in a holster in plain sight. That way, everyone knows you have one and everyone knows not to mess with you.*
4.) You should have to pass a psychology exam in order to have any weapon.**
5.) RPGs, Bazookas, and the like should all be illegal [if not already] to own. Period.***
* I see bounty hunters and bail bondsmen nearly every day where I work and have no problems with them carrying holstered handguns.
** People who are truly clinically insane, or even have ever been in a psych ward, should not hold a fire arm of any type. However, one of my neighbors who is a gun nut who has also spent time in a mental hospital still has all of his guns, they are just in his wife's name now. He still has a few screws loose and I wish someone would remove all of the weapons from his house before he snaps.
*** Those are only used to destroy. You cannot properly enjoy them without putting your life and those around you at risk so they should remain illegal. As I hope they still are.
I would like to make a couple of remarks here.
1: I am offended to an extent by your opinion of those who wish to owen so-called 'assault weapons' (technically, the application of the term to military-style semi-automatics is a purely political thing, assault weapons actually define such things as the Javelin and AT4 rocket launchers). Tactical carbines and derivatives as such are perfectly legitimate for self defense and are actually advisable for those who are (either socially or geographically) removed from prompt police response. They are not just the purvey of revolutionary ijit-heads or 'slack-jawed yokels'.
2: Conceal carry is a form of discretion. IMO, open carry serves two purposes; civil demonstration or penile enhancement. One needs not parade the fact one is armed and it is oftentimes inappropriate to do so.
3: There is such overwhelming evidence that gun-free zones just don't work. All the mass shootings in the news? Gun-free zones. Plus, as satirical as it is, this FOX vid rings some truth.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7pGt_O1uM8
4: Lastly, to an extent they [grenades, rocket-launchers, ect] are legal to own. They require NFA registration with BATFE, the heavy-duty background check, and the $200 tax stamp (per grenade, so it's a very expensive hobby to have).