NRA: We will oppose semi-automatic weapons ban

[PDJane]

53. Splitting hairs over the type of guns they REALLY are,

And what kind of magazines should go with them, and how they fire and why it might be necessary, hypothetically, is useless. It's like arguing how many angels can dance on the head of a pin, or whether the electorate is ignorant or stupid.........it's not going to get you anywhere useful.

The truth of it is, plain and simple, that the more guns you have, the likelier it is that some damn fool will get his hands on them, or a criminal, or that someone will lose their way and shoot their family or themselves.

The US hasn't had a well-regulated militia for 200 years, you won't be able to protect yourself against your government with whatever arsenal you've managed to collect, and there are few people fast enough and careful enough to use them to 'protect themselves.' It's bloody nonsense, and these circular arguments are just proving that there is no point in the NRA/GOP/ALEX lexicon that will allow a sane starting point for the discussion.

In fact, in the threads that I've seen on this board since the shooting in Sandy Hook, there isn't much sense about gun ownership at all. It's nonsense. All this discussion of rounds, caps, barrels, trigger rates....is avoiding the topic, which is that guns DO kill people, and there is no way of knowing who is going to snap and who isn't.