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Originally Posted by joeydb
In a free society, purchases with one's own money don't have to be driven by need, or your assessment of another's needs. "Want" is enough. Much of our economy, everything from sports cars to iPads is driven by preferences and capitalism. So your opinion (not picking on you - anybody's opinion) of what someone chooses to buy is irrelevant. And with 99.999% of people who buy "assault" rifles not hurting anybody, reacting to ban them seems like punishment to the law-abiding enthusiast.
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I figured you would avoid answering a pretty direct question. I am well aware of the difference between needs and wants. But this isn't Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory and people aren't Veruca Salt.
Wanting something doesn't mean you should just be able to obtain it if you have the money. There needs to be restrictions on things to protect the public.
So again...why do people not in the military need to have military style assault rifles? I'm genuinely curious.
12-18-2012, 10:37 AM
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