Gun Control

[Kagemusha]

Why should I not be permitted the use of an automatic weapon to defend my home?

I am responsible for that weapon's proper storage, safe use, and injuries infliceted thereby -- as I would and should be with any other weapon -- so what is the problem?

If I use a baseball bat to crush the skull of an intruder, a kitchen knife to puncture the intruder's lung, or a burst from an M-60 to take that intruder out, what is the difference?

Does possession of an automatic weapon somehow decerebrate the individual, forcing them to become a crazed killer who simply has to take the gun out for a stroll and hose down a school bus on full rock and roll?

Does the prohibition of such weapons somehow prevent, in practice, the whack-job who would commit such a horror from acquiring such a weapon?

We live in a world where you can acquire weapons of mass destruction with a trip to your local feed & seed store and a stop at Radio Shack. Zip home, download the instructions from the net and make your kill. Crazies don't run off to become hermits anymore -- they go for the media splash.

Since that is the world in which we live, I don't think gun control laws accomplish what they set out to do.

Perhaps we should go the other direction: a legal requirement for all non-felons who are physically/mentally able to own, be trained to use, and carry a firearm. I bet social politeness would be "in" real quick. Perhaps not?

How about a fact that a light machine gun like M-60 shoots bursts. When a trained machine gunner shoots a short burts he fires 2- 6 bullets per burst. Now when someone breaks into your home and in panic you start firing with your M-60,which have no single shot mode, how many rounds do you think mostly likely shoot? 10,15, half of the ammo belt? Would it be possible that after the few first rounds hit the intruder the rest how many you ever may happen to release start hitting walls,neighbours walls and windows and maybe one of the neighbours kids or your family members head,torso or limb?
Now if you had lets say shotgun or that baseball bat you could have stopped the intruder without endangering others. So machine gun for self defence is not only unpractical becouse its heavier then normal rifle,shotgun or pistol, but also unpractical and dangerous, becouse its ment to be platoon,squadron or team support weapon not a self defence weapon.