That Pesky Assault Rifle Ban

[Glaug-Eldare]

25. ARs don't really appeal to me, but there's no accounting for taste.

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I prefer the lines of a curvy bolt-action rifle (wood, naturally), myself. Some people like angular designs with lots of right angles and stampings. Others like futuristic-looking designs with translucent plastics and unconventional shapes. Maybe there are some people who enjoy the AR's "battle-ready" appearance, but the majority opinion I've heard from AR users is that they like the simplicity, the low weight, and the tremendous array of parts and accessories. I doubt your sincerity when you make generalizations like these, but I'll address it anyway. You seem convinced that we see firearms the way you do -- as tools of violence with no purpose other than to kill -- and attribute attitudes to us that you imagine we must have, like racial hatred and bloodlust. The fact of the matter is that when we look at a gun, we see a neutral machine with function and aesthetics. We don't see our guns as a means to facilitate killing innocent people. We're not looking forward to some day when we "get to" take another person's life. Your perspective (that guns are for killing, and only for killing) is alien to us.