I simply must jump in on this one.
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That is NOT how Di Fi defines them. The bill they just shelved had an extensive list of makes and models in it. You demean a very intelligent woman when you post crap like that.
I think I have mad it clear why I would like them banned, but let me give it another try.
1. The local police are tired of being outgunned by thugs with assault weapons.
Well, they better get used to it. Any new laws passed by the government WRT guns is only going to create an even larger class of criminals. That said, I have to ask the question, what assault weapons? I can't recall any reports of Police taking on fire from fully automatic weapons for quite some time. For that matter, the times that they have is extremely rare.
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2. The Second Amendment was written at a time when assault weapons were not even conceived of, and it was surely not the intention of the writers and signers of the Constitution to allow them.
Our forefathers had cannons, biological warfare (hurling diseased bodies of dead animals and people using catapults over city walls) was a concept that was known to them (though they probably didn't call it that), and they were probably better educated than the majority of politicians we have today. I assure you that they did not make any mistake in failing to make exclusions. They foresaw that the greatest enemy of the people would come from the government itself. They wanted the citizens to be as well armed as the forces that may be used against them. Things like "hunting" and "self-defense from criminals" were just a side benefit. That is the essence of the 2nd Amendment.
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3. Were assault weapons AND large 30-round magazines not available, recent k*****gs at the school in Connecticut and also the movie theater in (where was it ?) Colorado would not have taken nearly as large a toll.
Perhaps not, but then there are other ways to k**l a lot of people quickly that don't require guns. The problem isn't the weapon, it's the intent of the individual.
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4. Nobody needs this type of weapon to go hunting. If it takes you 30 rounds to shoot a deer, then you better take up basket weaving instead.
This has nothing to do with the 2nd Amendment. Read my earlier answer above.
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5. I am a school teacher and I don't want any gunman at all to come into my school, and certainly not some insane i***t with an assault weapon.
Who's going to come to your rescue if and when they do? My favorite picture is of a class of school children on a field trip. On the back of the teacher is a rifle. This picture was taken in Israel. You don't hear about mass shootings at schools in Israel.
The problem with you liberals is that you think the problem is with guns. Your failure in just about every respect is a simple one. You fail to acknowledge the element of Human nature. You deny, ignore, and outright lie about it, but you don't face it. People do evil things. The things they do evil with are not themselves evil. They are inanimate objects without an opinion, feeling, or remorse. You don't have to reason with the gun. You have to reason with the person holding the gun...if they are feeling reasonable. It's ironic that I'm talking about being reasonable with a liberal. Liberals are some of the most unreasonable people I have ever met.