There is always a need for a standing militia, everywhere. Hell, what do you think the national guard is? Militia, with authority. Now our second amendment right says: the right to bear arms and maintain a standing militia. Now, i don't know how many of you know who John Locke is, but he stated the we have a few basic rights, one of them is the "right to revolution". Which means that if our government gets out of control, we can over throw them. Now, if they take all of our guns away, this is impossible. And ain't a damn thing any of us can do about it if we have no way to force them out of office. Now im not trying to say anything about our government, but you NEVER know. Im sure im gunna get flamed or something for saying this, but its okay. Now, my reasoning(the actual reasoning) for owning an assault weapon(my SKS) is home defense, there have been several occasions(1) where i have pulled out my SKS and proceded to load it, and ready myself to fire. This was when some ****head gang bangers decided they wanted to have a war outside(on of them did end up shooting my truck). I was ready do defend my home(my dad was out of town, actually... out of country) and my mom is practically incapable of defending herself. Any other weapon would have been incapable of delivering the amount of damage needed to stop several men(approximately 10-15, but most had fled except 4 or 5 once the shooting had actually started, which continued for about a minute after i heard the first shot) except for an assault weapon(i love the 7.62 x 39 round!). What would you have done?There are pistols which are alot worse than a .223(just an overpowered .22) in my opinion(like a .45), and easier to coneal than an assault rifle, yet they make no attempt to stop people from buying them.
Okay, i think im done ranting, and hell i prolly missed my point. A man without a gun is a subject, a man with a gun is a citizen. Also, like someone else already said, guns don't kill people, people kill people, a gun is simply an instrument. The same thing can be accomplished with a machete. Its all about the will of the person.
