The Assault Rifle

Another day has gone by since the Feb 14 shooting in Florida and we are a day closer to the next massacre.  The right-wing nuts are still saying, “guns don’t kill people, people kill people.”  Which to me is an absurd line of reasoning and the part that galls me is we think the gun is some innocent pawn in the game of killing.  The AR-15 is an assault rifle.  It is not a toy, it is a killing machine designed for one single purpose –killing a human being.

A car driven by a drunk driver can be a killing machine, but that is not the original intent of the designers of the automobile.  The rifle was designed to kill and it really doesn’t care who pulls the trigger, be it a deranged maniac, a toddler, an estranged lover, or a soldier.

If you need a weapon for self-defense, and in today’s messed up society that might be the case, then get a shotgun or pistol.  An assault rifle is not needed unless a platoon of miscreants is coming up your driveway.

Assault rifles were banned for a time during the Clinton administration.  Guess what … the world did not invade the USA because we were under-armed.  I am all for hunters having their rifles and shotguns.  I am for pistols and revolvers for personal protection.  I don’t think the average person needs an assault rifle any more then they need a Rocket Propelled Grenade or Stinger missile.  Although given the current state of moral deficit and willingness to accept NRA blood money, who knows what will be legal the day after tomorrow.