So, the 2nd Amendment being a roadblock, of course they want to eliminate it. What strikes me as odd/sad is that sooo many people want to give the Government that power, on a silver platter no less.
My guess is these folks expect this Government to care for & protect them. We can see from examples such as Hurricanes Katrina & Sandy, and the increasingly common "catch & release" solution to criminal conduct/ prison overpopulation, that this is unrealistic.
My experience as a Police Officer has been that I have arrested people for various crimes and those people have walked out of the jail before I could finish the pile of paperwork needed to put them there. I have also, countless times, released a person with an active arrest warrant because the county or state from which that warrant originates will not 'Abstract' that document. In other words, they dont have the time/money/room to house that person so their response is "Meh, kick em loose".
I work with Border Patrol (BP) on a daily basis, and I could fill this forum with info on how they have been neutered by the very Government that employs them.
Lets also pay close attention to the Rampant Hypocrisy of our elected official's 'Do as I say, not as I do' mentality.
Dianne Feinstein will happily take away my ability to own & possess a firearm while simultaneously enjoying the privilege of her own concealed carry permit. In the interest of brevity lets just say that she's not the only one in power with this mindset who enjoys the protection of firearms.
When the elected start exempting themselves from their own laws, we have the underpinnings of tyranny. And we ALL know this phenomena is not limited to gun control (Obamacare is a great example).
So on to the argument of "Does one really need an AR-15?"
From a Cop's perspective- Yes, and I'll tell you why.
More on that next, I gotta get some grub...
My guess is these folks expect this Government to care for & protect them. We can see from examples such as Hurricanes Katrina & Sandy, and the increasingly common "catch & release" solution to criminal conduct/ prison overpopulation, that this is unrealistic.
My experience as a Police Officer has been that I have arrested people for various crimes and those people have walked out of the jail before I could finish the pile of paperwork needed to put them there. I have also, countless times, released a person with an active arrest warrant because the county or state from which that warrant originates will not 'Abstract' that document. In other words, they dont have the time/money/room to house that person so their response is "Meh, kick em loose".
I work with Border Patrol (BP) on a daily basis, and I could fill this forum with info on how they have been neutered by the very Government that employs them.
Lets also pay close attention to the Rampant Hypocrisy of our elected official's 'Do as I say, not as I do' mentality.
Dianne Feinstein will happily take away my ability to own & possess a firearm while simultaneously enjoying the privilege of her own concealed carry permit. In the interest of brevity lets just say that she's not the only one in power with this mindset who enjoys the protection of firearms.
When the elected start exempting themselves from their own laws, we have the underpinnings of tyranny. And we ALL know this phenomena is not limited to gun control (Obamacare is a great example).
So on to the argument of "Does one really need an AR-15?"
From a Cop's perspective- Yes, and I'll tell you why.
More on that next, I gotta get some grub...