Bill Nemitz: Assault rifle owners have some growing up to do

[jpak]

http://www.pressherald.com/2016/06/16/bill-nemitz-assault-rifle-owners-have-some-growing-up-to-do/comments/

Back when I was a kid, my buddies and I loved to play “Combat!”

We took the name from the ABC series starring Vic Morrow as Sgt. Chip Saunders and Rick Jason as 2nd Lt. Gil Hanley.

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What happened in Orlando early Sunday morning was no fantasy.

Yet another national tragedy was brought to us by a madman with an assault rifle – killing 49, wounding more than 50 and reigniting the debate between those of us who think these firearms in the hands of civilians are nothing short of insanity and those who worship at the altar of military-style weaponry.

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[tonyt53]

1. I loved Combat. Yep, most assault rifle owners have similarities.

Most have fears that they feel they can't control. Those fears are usually based in their poor education. Most all of them did poorly in school and are afraid that it will come back to haunt them. That leads them to feel they need to have some type of power over people to compensate for that poor education. That assault rifle gives them that feeling.

But the thing about the weapons used in Combat and today's assault rifles is that an M1 is actually not a bad hunting rifle.