Firepower

[gekko]

This is an interesting statement.  Parse it out.  "…people don't need assault rifles."  and "Americans need to wake up…".  That's funny, it seems like you think you know what other people need more than they do.  You know what they don't need, and what they do need.  The only person that determines what their needs are, is that person themselves.  It is only arrogance to attempt to make that decision for them.

Fine -- you tell me what any citizen of america needs an assault rifle for. When you can come up with a legal, realistic, reasonable need for owning an assault rifle... then we'll talk about the first bit. As for "the only person that determines what their [own] needs are...", well, that's simply wrong. If I (well, let's say Bill Gates, since he could probably afford it) decided I (he) 'needs' a small nuclear warhead and a half dozen guards armed with uzis, I sure as hell hope the states steps in and says "sorry, but no."

The second bit ("Americans need to wake up...") is my opinion. I think it's far too easy to get guns in the states (both legally and illegally, btw). I believe it's a big enough problem that it NEEDS to be looked at. Examples such as the one that started this thread only support that opinion.

gekko