Cute, but as you well know the reason for the Second Amendment was not to give us something to hunt deer with, and only an idiot tries to defend it on that basis. The reason was to be able to defend ourselves from those who think we really should be someone else's property.
The Mac 10 or Uzi is not for Bambi. Bambi never threatened my home, family, or freedom. The Mac 10 or Uzi is for shooting men. Frankly, there are better guns for the job under normal circumstances.
It is not that amazing that those whose root political philosophy is that all people should be the property of the State vehemently object to this. Every law proposed has made it crystal clear that they are afraid of arms in the hands of honest, intelligent citizens, since obviously the laws would do nothing to keep arms from the hands of criminals. They will use every trick in the book to disarm American citizens. The gun show routine is just the latest.
Almost every tyranny in history has had a top priority of disarming its citizens, serfs, slaves, peons, what have you. How many societies allowed only the elite or ruling classes to carry certain arms? Or any arms at all? Why do you think this was so? Why is it so now?
The earliest gun laws in the U.S. were designed to keep arms out of the hands of black people and rebellious slaves.
Has it occurred to anyone how many thousands of guns of all sorts are sold at gun shows that are not used in crimes? Including all those awful military weapons? A sensible gun policy is one that puts reliable and appropriate weapons in the hands of as many decent people as possible. Preferably with the right to carry concealed. If a gun law is thwarting this, then it's not a good one.
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