Burwhale the Avenger wrote:
Ajax the great wrote:
Interesting enough I don't see anti-gun people having a problem with this situation.
Personally i believe in a level of gun control. She had an appropriate gun for home defense and used it. She did the right thing, and the guy got what he deserved. I still dont believe that people need assault rifles for home defense or hunting. People should be allowed to own guns, but there should be limits.
wiki wrote:
An assault rifle is a selective fire (automatic and semi-automatic) rifle or carbine firing ammunition with muzzle energies intermediate between those typical of pistol and high-powered rifle ammunition. Assault rifles are the standard small arms in most modern armies, having largely replaced or supplemented larger, more powerful battle rifles, such as the World War II-era M1 Garand and SVT-40. Examples of assault rifles include the AK-47, the M16 rifle, and the Steyr AUG.
Semi-automatic rifles such as the AR-15 and civilian versions of the AK-47 are not assault rifles, as they are not selective fire. Nor do belt-fed weapons or rifles with fixed magazines meet the definition of an assault rifle.
source (wiki)Nice to see wiki actually has an accurate definition of the assault rifle. Now, while it is legal to own selectable fire or fully automatic firearms with appropriate permits and tax stamps, they are most definately not in common usage. Your very use of the description of the civilian legal semi automatic firearms as "assault rifles" simply underscores your ignorance on the topic. Sadly, I will admit that it is an ignorance that the media and the politicians who do not like guns in the hands of the citizenry (who nearly all of are left-leaning democrats) like to spread with the innapropriate use of the proper terms.
Besides, I do not have an issue with someone using a bazooka for home defense, provided it was legally used.
EDITED to fix link
Last edited by imortal (2008-12-21 10:49:18)