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<blockquote data-quote="gun001guns" data-source="post: 2028909" data-attributes="member: 19249">Last night I was at my in laws and the great debate broke out. My brother in law a hunter and gun owner said he doesn&#039;t think people should be able to own &quot;assault weapons&quot; or &quot;high capacity mags&quot;.&nbsp; He contended that the only people who have or &quot;need&quot; those kind of guns are criminals and followed up by saying &quot;you don&#039;t need &quot;guns like that&quot; to defend your hoe or family. &quot;When was the last time someone invaded a home or etc with an assault weapon so why do &quot;we&quot; need those king of guns.&nbsp;&nbsp; My Aunt an avid Obama supporter readily agreed. This is how I responded:&nbsp; Drugs are illegal right?&nbsp; Both agreed. I sad law enforcement session billions of dollars a year fighting drugs. Both agreed. I then said that drugs can be had readily even right here in our little town and in every other town in the US. Again both agreed. I then said if drugs are illegal and still readily available then explain to me how gun control and more restrictive laws are going to lower crime?&nbsp; Neither could elaborate. I also pointed out that only law abiding citizens obey laws and that s what makes criminals &quot;criminals&quot;. I also pointed out as a LEO I want to carry a at least equally and preferably better gun than the guys I&#039;m going after and why should the defense of my home be any different. I also would like to say to those who make the argument that &quot;assault weapons&quot; we&#039;re not meant to be covered by the framers of our constitution and bill of rights that civilians at that time owned and possessed the same type of rifles as used by the military. Moving forward to current times owning an AR or AK is a bare minimum we should have the right to own hen considering the advanced weapons today&#039;s military possess. We&#039;re free because of that and we&#039;ll sty free by keeping that right!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="gun001guns, post: 2028909, member: 19249"] Last night I was at my in laws and the great debate broke out. My brother in law a hunter and gun owner said he doesn't think people should be able to own "assault weapons" or "high capacity mags". He contended that the only people who have or "need" those kind of guns are criminals and followed up by saying "you don't need "guns like that" to defend your hoe or family. "When was the last time someone invaded a home or etc with an assault weapon so why do "we" need those king of guns. My Aunt an avid Obama supporter readily agreed. This is how I responded: Drugs are illegal right? Both agreed. I sad law enforcement session billions of dollars a year fighting drugs. Both agreed. I then said that drugs can be had readily even right here in our little town and in every other town in the US. Again both agreed. I then said if drugs are illegal and still readily available then explain to me how gun control and more restrictive laws are going to lower crime? Neither could elaborate. I also pointed out that only law abiding citizens obey laws and that s what makes criminals "criminals". I also pointed out as a LEO I want to carry a at least equally and preferably better gun than the guys I'm going after and why should the defense of my home be any different. I also would like to say to those who make the argument that "assault weapons" we're not meant to be covered by the framers of our constitution and bill of rights that civilians at that time owned and possessed the same type of rifles as used by the military. Moving forward to current times owning an AR or AK is a bare minimum we should have the right to own hen considering the advanced weapons today's military possess. We're free because of that and we'll sty free by keeping that right! [/QUOTE]

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