Sale of Guns Soar Following Election

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73. Since you can't (or won't) define what you mean by "assault weapon", there's no way to discuss...

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what would make one suitable or unsuitable for any particular activity. See my post here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=1882634

And as a hint, what I'm betting you mean as "assault weapons" are not particularly large. They are generally smaller and lighter than "traditional" bolt-action rifles or any shotgun.

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Or two miles. I have also always wondered about that, too. Why would an ordinary person need a gun that can shoot really far?

Well, first define (yeah, that task again) what you mean by "really far". No-one shoots 2 miles with any intent (or hope) of hitting anything, even highly trained snipers.

But here are a few reasons for being able to shoot accurately at ranges of up to 1000 yards or more:
1. Competition shooting.
2. Long range hunting (very rare).
3. Long range defense (sounds a bit counter-intuitive, but it happens).
4. Long range attack (in case the ultimate purpose of the Second Amendment ever becomes neccesary {and pray it doesn't}).