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originally posted by: swanne
a reply to: Logarock
I simply stated that there is a clear difference between an automatic weapon & tanks and a normal gun.
originally posted by: swanne
When the Second Amendment was drafted almost three centuries ago, guns were at the stage of revolvers and muskets. Limited quantity of bullets, and often slow to re-charge - basically, you had to think twice before shooting someone.
originally posted by: swanne
Today one automatic gun can turn a peaceful school yard into a horror crime scene. Hundred of children were killed - why? Because someone went crazy with an automatic, most of which fire more than one bullet per seconds. That's more than one can do with a three-hundred years-old musket, I can tell you that.
originally posted by: swanne
Similarly, your argument implies that to protect themselves from the shooters, schoolchildren should all carry an equally dangerous automatic weapon than the shooter. To me this is not logic, it is a recipe for disaster.
originally posted by: joemoe
The problem with your line of thought is that:
1) The police have no legal duty to respond and prevent crime and protect you. According to the Supreme Court the duty to provide security for your family and yourself fall on you and only you.
originally posted by: joemoe
2) Even if you forced every citizen turn in their guns, criminals by definition most likely will not. So advantage now goes to the criminals.
originally posted by: joemoe
4) Gun Homicide have decrease almost 50% since 1993 (..)
originally posted by: swanne
a reply to: Logarock
I never said the Second Amendment should be abolished.
I simply stated that there is a clear difference between an automatic weapon & tanks and a normal gun.
originally posted by: DC434L2A
Just as a side comment, here in GA its perfectly legal to own a tank so long as the main guns breech has been demilled. If you have rubber track pads, and all the blinkers and such, they will even issue a license plate to make it road legal.
Run you about thirty grand for a T-72.