Dear "take away guns and only bad guys will have them" People,

[Rozlee]

37. If a meth head breaks into your home at 3am looking for your wife to have a good time with...

Yeah, being armed would be nice. A .45 or a .22 would do the trick nicely. Got a couple of those in our home. But, we stay away from AR-15s and .223 rounds and any kind of assault weapons. I mean, unless our home is being attacked by dozens of members of a violent street gang, or it's the Zombocalypse, I really don't think civilians need to carry around sophisticated weapons as SWAT teams and the military. And Mexico is getting guns on the black market from us, not the other way around. I'm certainly not advocating that all guns be banned and neither is the president. But, for fuck's sake. It says right there in the Second Amendment. Well regulated...The NRA has fought tooth and nail against any kind of regulation. 50 caliber rifles shouldn't be allowed in the hands of civilians. They could be used to bring down aircraft and their sales should be stringently monitored. Another thing that wasn't brought up is that the overwhelming majority of the mass shooters never had criminal records. So, how was anyone supposed to know they were the "bad guys?" There is no real regulation on firearms in the US. I gave up my M4 when I left the military and was shocked to find that you can buy them easily stateside. Civilians have no business owning weapons designed for warfare. In combat, these arms are mostly offensive and can cause collateral damage. I can't imagine a situation where a civilian in the US would need such a weapon. Not when more conventional ones would do the job just as well and probably not take down some joggers and dog walkers within a 700 yard distance.