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Originally Posted by Yahoshua
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Originally Posted by Blacklight
I'm sorry but assualt weapons SHOULD be banned from public use. I mean reall. There's NOT ONE reason that the average joe public needs to have a machine gun !
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Okay then. If "Assault Weapons" are to be banned, how are you going to do so in a reasonable fashion?
If you say they should be restricted to Military and LE only, then what about the Citizen Militia? Everyone in the U.S. that is between the ages of 18 and 60 is subject to being drafted by the state to form a militia corps.
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What do you mean "in a reasonable fashion"? You approve a law that states assault firearms are illegal, you order anyone in possession of one to hand it over to their local police department, you file reports on the owners of the guns (for safe keeping), and you call it a day. If they refuse to hand their M16 or AK-74 over, you arrest them because they are disobeying the law.
The United States Military has plenty of weapons to go around. You don't need your own gun. I'd rather have an M4 than grandfather's 60 year old MP40.
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The militia in the days of the early post-colonial British Government had a small standing army with most communities and towns having their own militia of common citizens. Those militiamen were required to provide their own arms and clothing that were of comparable quality and caliber measurement (Ranging from .58 caliber to .70 caliber) and having at least 20 to 50 balls of ammunition and with enough powder to fire those projectiles.
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The difference being it isn't 1776 and you're not a colonist or a loyalist. Great Britain doesn't own us, we have a strong military with automatic weapons and elite training, and the country hasn't been invaded since the War of 1812.
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Applying this template today (as it is framed in the 2nd amendment and was practiced in early pre/post-colonial days), this would mean that everyone who is subject to the militia draft must own: one m-16, one Beretta M92, have a uniform, at least 200 rounds of rifle ammunition, 50 rounds of pistol ammunition, have a rucksack, kevlar helmet, belt rig, and plate carrier vest in order to adequately report for duty at least once per year for training and marksmanship qualifications.
In effect, this would create the mirror image of the protocols the Swiss already have.
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Nice idea, but we're not the Swiss, and we're not living under the same conditions as the people of colonial America were. We have the army for a reason. We have the air force for a reason. We have the navy for a reason. We have the marines for a reason. If we were invaded, the last thing we would need is a disorganized rabble of people running around with explosives and automatic weapons. Let the guys who are fresh out of boot camp with the training and supplies necessary deal with it.
This isn't Red Dawn, you're not Patrick Swayze, and don't plan on us being invaded anytime soon.
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But wait, there's more:
There's such a thing as the organized (state) militia, and the un-organized (irregular) militia.
How then do you diffrentiate between the two without abrogating the 2nd amendment?
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I think the more important question is why do we even need a militia? Like I said, we have a military. They have the training, they have the qualifications, they have the guns. It's their job, not ours. And if worst comes to worst, then yeah, pick up a gun. Fire away. But we don't need automatic guns, we don't need howitzers, and we don't need RPGs. Bolt-action rifles, molotov cocktails, and .38s are just as capable as killing as anything else.
