Now you would be offended if I said, "Your mother is shallow and t***sparent" wouldn't you? I respond to what I receive -and never once have I just spewed out negative comments just because I can. People like you are known for "fearing that which they do not understand." If you consider my replies 'juvenile' it is only because I have to ensure I'm "speaking the language" of those who post here so that they will understand. I endeavor to meet them at their level. Besides, if I came here with both barrels cocked, I would be suspended!

One of the great things about America, and OPP is -if you don't like it - you are welcome to "go back to where you came from" -like the f**e president said right?

No, but Chicago isn't the whole country and while you cons and other criminals would hang on to your AR's the majority of the country would turn their guns in and eventually, over time, economic scarcity will make them so expensive that only the wealthy, including criminals, will be able to afford them.

And if there are people bent on k*****g me then why haven't they done so? I don't hide and I have always been very open about my behavior? If someone with an automatic weapon want's to k**l me why haven't they done so? And here is something else--my business has been robbed twice (attempted) and my house robbed once (again attempted) and in all three cases the culprits left causing only minor damage. Why, because I have loud and obnoxious alarms. For some odd reason burglars, even armed ones, don't like to rob places when there is a lot of noise alerting others that some bad guys are doing something very illegal.

And I know there is the argument about people out in the country needing to protect themselves but my mother-in-law lives way, way, out in the country and her alarm scared away a group of kids trying to break into her place and before she could get up, get her gun (a .22 pump), and shoot any they had scattered to the wind.

Now the point being is that yes, there are crooks and bad people out there--many who will have semi-autos no matter what we do--but most won't and by using common defense methods, including legal guns, you can live safely and if in fear it would be only at your choosing.

The argument you cons are making is that you can only defend yourselves if you have the most lethal weapons possible. That's nonsense and if you are trained to use a revolver or rifle or shotgun you can be just as lethal if you have a semiautomatic weapon.