gecko wrote:
I think you missed my point. I can't tell you why a person may need an assault rifle. No one can, except for that person. I can conjecture, but then I'd be doing the same thing you have, assuming that I know better than the person themselves. You have asserted that individuals have no need for assault rifles. The onus is on you to demonstrate that.
The point is it's not about need. Need is completely subjective, and irrelevant. Some would say that people don't need cigarettes, that people don't need cars than can exceed 100mph. Those people would be like you, arrogant enough to assume that they know what people need and don't need.
Quote: 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.
I think you missed my point. I can't tell you why a person may need an assault rifle. No one can, except for that person. I can conjecture, but then I'd be doing the same thing you have, assuming that I know better than the person themselves. You have asserted that individuals have no need for assault rifles. The onus is on you to demonstrate that.
The point is it's not about need. Need is completely subjective, and irrelevant. Some would say that people don't need cigarettes, that people don't need cars than can exceed 100mph. Those people would be like you, arrogant enough to assume that they know what people need and don't need.
Quote: 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 State would step in. They wouldn't however say, "Sorry, Bill. You don't need a nuclear warhead, so you can't have one. If you in fact did need one, we'd let it slip by, but since you donât, the answer's no." Instead, they would say, "Bill, owning a nuclear warhead violates local, state, and federal laws. They are prohibited by statute. You are not permitted to own nuclear warheads." Need has nothing to do with it. You can no more determine what another person needs (in this context), than I can determine what your favorite flavor of ice cream is. Vanilla?