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Originally Posted by CraigSca
I'm not a gun guy, but I am a conservative. That being said, I'm not pro-assault rifle, and I see no reason why someone would want one (but, as Autumn said, I one of those guys who knows next to nothing about them, so really can't make a clear judgment). I think the thinking however, is - you take assault rifles away, then 5 years down the line you'll take my shotgun away, then my pistol, etc. It's a line drawn in the sand.
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But is that the right way? Isn't society just making a correction based on evidence? The line right now is assault weapons OK, automatic rifles/grenades bad. Society has made a calculus that there is a certain amount of danger we're willing to allow from assault weapons being possessed by certain individuals in order to feel protected.
Now society seems to be saying that the line should be moved, that the danger posed by these types of assault weapons and their owners now outweighs the protective benefit of them.