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Assault Weapons Ban
An anonymous reader writes "With all the Constitutional arguments that appear on /., perhaps some readers might be interested in this BBC Article about the expiration of the Clinton assault weapons ban. Both presidential candidates have spoken in favor of it, but no one is willing to vote to keep it."
Now I can go hunt deer with an AK-47!
Of course no one will touch renewing this law. It was a law for soccer moms and for gun control advocates who wanted a foot in the door to confiscating and banning all guns. None of the gun laws we have on the books are Constitutional. And if any of them ever got tried in the Supreme Court, they would be blotted off the books.
This was one of the worst laws because it robbed people of the full functionality of a class of weapon specifically protected by the Second Amendment, did nothing to affect crime, unreasonably increased costs to manufacturers, and it left the option open for greater encroachment upon our rights.
As Patrick Henry said, "The great object is that every man be armed." You can't be a good American unless you choose to arm yourself. The Second Amendment is the cornerstone upon which all our other rights rest.
"All I want is a warm bed and a kind word and unlimited power." - Ashleigh Brilliant
...you don't deserve to live.
My only political goal is to see to it that no political party achieves its goals.
The idea that things not specifically "needed" (as determined by whom?) are suspect or should need to be justified for some reason has implications that I don't like, most especially when applied blithely to weapons (potentially, at least) of self defense.
Wow, no disrespect, but you've come up with the worst analogies I've seen. To use your analogy, who needs guns in the first place? We can use rocks. But who needs rocks? That argument goes nowhere.
Another snide but serious answer to "Who needs a gun designed to kill people?" is, "Well, the Swiss seem to think that they do, and they don't get invaded very often."
Apples and Oranges. The citizens of Switzerland are its militia. They all have assault weapons, true. But they don't have a standing army like we do. They are also NOT ALLOWED to use the weapons they have except as specifically mandated.