I would question the sanity of anyone who would purchase an assault/military style weapon

[AtheistCrusader]

43. I own at least two. I am not insane.

One I inherited from my father, and has sentimental value to me. It is an AR-15, made in 1986, and it has never been fired, outside the three factory 'proof' rounds that were put through it. It lives in a safe. My brother has it's twin. Neither of us use them.

I also have a mini-14. A similar platform, with a slightly different mechanism, but the effect is the same. Detachable magazine, goes bang every time you pull the trigger, as fast as you can pull it. It has a beautiful walnut stock, and the furniture goes the full length of the upper, and half the barrel. I'm willing to bet you could look at it and never know that it is functionally identical to the AR-15. It is light, and nimble, and the recoil is negligible. My wife can use it as easily as I do. It has put many, many holes in paper targets, and a few coconuts, and that's it. It is very useful for hunting game smaller than a deer. It is not legal nor suitable for deer, because it is too under-powered to cleanly bring down a large animal. But it has good range, a very flat trajectory, and it is very accurate. It is a useful tool that I carefully control access to, and that's that. Nothing more to it.


Whether it is truly dangerous to society, is entirely dependent upon my nature and my intent. Being not-insane, and valuing human life above all, I am not a violent person. I don't start fights. I don't relish the idea of hurting humans. I abhor violence and accidents, so, in my hands, that rifle is totally safe. I don't know how to help you craft a bar or barrier to access these tools in a manner that excludes all potentially dangerous people. I'm willing to work on that. In the meantime, please consider that some of us are just regular human beings, and mean you absolutely no harm.