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In reply to the discussion: The only purpose of "assault" weapons is to kill people. [View all]OneTenthofOnePercent
(6,268 posts)Your OP states the only purpose of an assault weapon is to kill people. Aside from the fact that it's not the ONLY reason to own one (hunt, target, competition, etc.) it presumes that killing people is never acceptable. That's incorrect.
What about self-defense? While the odds of actually needing to use deadly force are extremely slim, such unavoidable situations do arise occasionally. And not only is the killing of others never not acceptable, it even has a legal precedent known as justified homicide (ie: self-defense).
While your emotionally-charged buzz-word word-salad sound great and stuff; it ignores the standing fact that sometimes people need killed. If you had to shingle a house with nails, would you rather use a hammer or air-powered clip-fed automatic nailer? So if the only purpose of an assault weapon is to kill people, and you have one such situation on your hands... might as well use the better tool for the job, eh?