re: High Capacity ban... It won't won't stop anything.

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Just asking why you need such a powerful weapon?

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can you define "powerful weapon" please?

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military style weapons

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I see we have a sheep in the flock

Also, what about a law, supported by the Prez, that directly kills children?

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People's children are dying because of bad people with these weapons. Don't you see that?

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I thought you were serious until that.

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bad people with these weapons.

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I'm not a bad person. Why should I, and other lawful gun owners, be punished for the actions of these disturbed individuals?

Answer me this... Why do police agencies choose the AR15 as the weapon of choice?

Because it's a damn fine defense weapon. They feel it is one of the best weapons for the defense of self and others.

I have the potential to face the exact same criminal element that they face on a daily basis. Granted, I am not running to these things, nor do I see them more often. Assuming a home invasion scenario in which I use a rifle for self defense, why should someone dictate what I can or can't use when I am the victim? I did not ask this person to rob me or rape my wife or beat my kids. This is all hypothetical but this is the exact reason the AR15 is such a great platform. I prefer the cards to be stacked in my favor than the criminal's favor.

And just to let you know, my home defense weapon is actually a Remington 870 shotgun with 5 shells in it. But, if I had a carbine-length AR15, it would probably be my #1 because of all the positive attributes it has.

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Just asking why you need such a powerful weapon?

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You know that 90% of deer rifles are more powerful than an AR15, right?

EDIT: Forgot to add that the majority of America's crime rate involves gangs... about 3/4 of it to be exact... That's 75% just to be clearer...

We can't know for sure exactly how many AR-15's are in the U.S., but using manufacturing, importing and sales numbers as well as trends in growth of sale and manufacturing we can get a pretty good estimate.

Using these number and factors, slate.com estimates that as of 2012 there are roughly 3,750,000 legally owned AR-15's in the United States. This estimate is also likely on the low side since it does not account for AR-15's that were pieced together from individual parts obtained over time, which is a common hobby among gun enthusiasts.

According to the FBI, assault weapons are used in 1% of gun crimes and 0.20% of violent crime. We'll make the same assumptions as before that all of the guns in these crimes are legally obtained and used only in one of the individual crimes. We'll also use the crime numbers from 2008 which will again be higher than the number of gun crimes in 2012 due to the trend of decreasing crime in the U.S.

1% or 0.01 x 303,880 = 3,039

3,039/3,750,000 = 0.00081 or 0.081%.

And keep in mind that the denominator in this equation is simply the number of AR-15's in the country and the numerator is the number of guns crimes where assault weapons were used. It does not take into account the other firearms that would fit the definition of an assault weapon. If those were taken into account, the percentage would be even lower.

So are we to ban or severely limit the use of these "scary" assault weapons for every law abiding citizen who owns one over the 0.081% who use them in crime? A far higher percentage of people abuse welfare, insurance, prescription drugs, and even their own children. Are we to ban all of them as well?

[quote] What can you possibly be doing with military style weapons.[/quote

:beatdeadhorse: Please tell me: Just WHEN will you anti-gun people learn there is absolutely NO DIFFERENCE, other than the way the weapon LOOKS, between any SEMI-AUTOMATIC rifle and any of the SEMI-AUTOMATIC "military style" rifles??? They are both SEMI-AUTOMATIC, not fully automatic. Get that? You just don't like the way the "military style" rifles look. I wish more people like you did not own any firearms because it is obvious you know so very little about any of them and for you to possess a firearm could be a legitimate danger to society.