Obama; New Type of Hope, Same Type of Stupid (Gun Control)

[Alexander the Pretty Good]

Yes. If we go down the "Oppressive Government needs to be repelled with all might necessary" path, why stop in Assault Rifles? It would be better to have artillery already stocked up, tank rounds gathered up, military planes and choppers with full armament, Anti-Air weaponry, etc. That way if the government begins oppressing the people, the people already has a standard army ready to even crush airforce and armored regiments.

You can have most of those things if you register them (and pay a hefty fee). The ammunition would have to be registered individually and separately, so a legal arsenal is very expensive.

How many people have been killed by privately owned anti-tank weaponry, for example? Gangsters are not interested in them because 1) it's silly expensive and 2) every cop and g-man in America will want to bag the the guy who uses it in a mod hit.

Seriously, most of the gun murders in America are from pistols, which is the opposite of your argument.

Ronin - why don't you ask someone in a place with high gun ownership? I suspect that you don't have much experience with such a place. I know I don't.