We want them because they are practical. Would it have been any less horrifying if he had used a sword, .30-30 lever gun or any other number of archaic weaponry? Would a five round magazine make a 5.56 round any less lethal? He asks if the ownership of these mags are worth one life. The answer is yes. Because any other answer is foolish. Would a five round magazine still be able to take one life? Yes. Would a kitchen knife in the hands of a madman be able to take one life? Yes. How much is the ownership of kitchen knives worth? One or two lives?
A psychopath could use a kitchen knife to murder someone, same as a 100 round drum magazine. So what is the difference between a one hundred round drum magazine and a kitchen knife, if saving just one life is important enough to regulate the ownership of these items?
His thought process is born of fear and not logic, and is therefore flawed, and so he is wrong. The true answer is that any one with evil in their hearts who has committed to harming innocents is dangerous, whether it be with something as exotic as a russian assault rifle or as tame as the knife you use everyday to eat with. It is evil we must fear, and not the tools that evil men use for their ends.
A psychopath could use a kitchen knife to murder someone, same as a 100 round drum magazine. So what is the difference between a one hundred round drum magazine and a kitchen knife, if saving just one life is important enough to regulate the ownership of these items?
His thought process is born of fear and not logic, and is therefore flawed, and so he is wrong. The true answer is that any one with evil in their hearts who has committed to harming innocents is dangerous, whether it be with something as exotic as a russian assault rifle or as tame as the knife you use everyday to eat with. It is evil we must fear, and not the tools that evil men use for their ends.
