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In reply to the discussion: Police: Shooter carried ‘numerous’ high-capacity magazines for weapons used in Connecticut massacre [View all]ragemage
(104 posts)So tell me, why does the average hunter/collector need these weapons? If you cannot take down a deer/bear/elk within two to three shots you are not a very good hunter. Try bow hunting, much more enjoyable and challenging.
Seriously, why does the average citizen need a semi-automatic weapon with a high capacity magazine? What is the purpose of owning it? Once you buy it you know you want to try it out. So you go down to the range and shoot off 20, 30, 60, 90 rounds. And then what? Did it make you feel good? Empowered? Better self esteem? Could you not do that with a few 5 or 10 round mags?
I am an optimist but also a realist. I know we cannot get rid of all semi-auto weapons currently out there. But c'mon already, limit the large capacity mags. Stop selling them. Stop selling military looking weapons to average wannabe GI Joes and Janes. Make the rules much much harder to get a semi-auto weapon, rifle and handgun.
For you 2nd amendment types and overall gun lovers, please tell me do you really plan on stopping a home invasion with your gun? You better sleep with that piece locked and loaded at all times, 24/7. Otherwise it will not work. Having them in a safe is going to do you no good. Will the thief wait for you to unlock your safe and retrieve your firearm? That is the part that truly baffles me. Are there that many paranoid, scared people that they think they need a weapon with them at all times? Protection you will say...home/family/country...Protection from what? What are you so afraid of? Rhetorical I know...