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In reply to the discussion: "Damn, I wish he didn't have a gun." [View all]Aerows
(39,961 posts)for a warzone, our streets become a warzone. Nobody needs that damn many rounds at one time unless they are in a warzone. It's ridiculous that we have to be stating the obvious here in the wake of this tragedy, but some people just don't get it. More guns does not prohibit gun deaths, and having a shitload of rounds just causes more people to die at the hands of a nut job.
And yes, I have been shot at before. Thank GOD they missed. My entire family was shot at in New Orleans during a car theft. If I would have had a gun during that situation, you know what would have happened? Absolutely nothing, because by the time it was over with, I wouldn't have had time to use it. There are times when guns are useful for personal defense, but having more than one of them just isn't necessary unless you are a hunter.
In which case you still don't need an assault weapon or an extended magazine. The only people that need that are people in the military in a warzone. Civilians in cities do not need that, and I challenge anyone to explain to me how military grade firearms in civilian areas do anything other than turn those areas into warzones.