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Originally Posted by GenuineRisk
I'm the first to admit I don't know much about firearms; never had a particular interest in them, and no real desire to own one. So, since a lot of you are gun owners, I'll ask you-
Do you think a limit on number of guns someone who is not commercially involved in firearm sales may own is a good idea, and if so, what would that number be?
I understand there is a lot of argument over what constitutes an "assault" weapon. As a non-gun person, my question is over the necessity of a private citizen owning something that fires a large number of rounds in a short amount of time, as it seems to me the purpose of such a weapon is to hit a large number of targets in a short amount of time, which doesn't seem to me, to be useful either in self-defense or in recreational shooting (where, I assume, developing the skill required to shoot accurately is part of the appeal). Basically, other than as a item to brag about or to have swiped by someone planning to carry out a large-scale assault on a movie theater or school or whatever, can someone explain to me under what circumstances a private citizen would actually have use for a high capacity, rapid discharge firearm?
Again, sincerely asking.
And for the record, "To defend oneself against the guvmint" is not an acceptable answer, as the guvmint, should it decide to come against a private citizen, will be able to do it. To my knowledge, we've only had one citizens' uprising on a scale that had any chance of success and it ended in 1865 with the government winning.
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Don't think that a limit should be placed on guns, but I think that owning guns carries a responsibility for securing them in someway under lock and key, gun safe, trigger locking mechanism, etc. which I am not sure should not be part of gun laws.
Assault weapons should either be banned or their capacity to fire multiple rounds should be modified and high capacity clips should be banned. Just my opinion. Connecticut shooter could have killed a lot more kids. He had the right guns to do it. Maybe if those guns had less capacity for firing, more kids would have been saved.