Should assault rifles be banned in the US?

[Armistead]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

You are absolutely right. A pistol is a far better tool in any indoor situation, unless it's something big like a warehouse. No one "needs" an M-16 to defend their home. What you ar missing is that unless you are a registered firearms dealer you can't own an M-16 anyway, or any other fully automatic weapon. The noise everyone is making is actually over the AR-15, which is an M-16 that can only fire single shots, and other similar weapons.

Of course you don't need one of those either. But it isn't about what you think I "need". So we let you take away all the semi-automatic rifles. Then you point out that we don't really "need" any other kind of rifles. The you point out that we don't really "need" any kind of gun at all. This may or may not be true, but there will be gun makers, and there will be a black market, and there will be guns in the hands of pretty much everybody except the law-abiding citizens.

I don't know, if a criminal breaks in my house, a pistol is the last thing I'm pulling out and I own a few. The few times I've heard strange noises, I get out my 12 ga, that way if I'm a lil bit nervous I won't miss. Still, I'd rather pull my rifle out than try aiming with a pistol when I'm nervous. I know I'd feel a lot better with an AR with a 30 round clip than a mere 9mm pistol if someone was coming in my house.