Reply #28: The operative words are "when you need it"

[gorfle]

As has already been pointed out, the weapon will be used is the phrase "when you need to use it for self defense".

In other words, you can't have it assembled, loaded, and ready to go, except when you need to use it for self defense.

So the debate will be, how long before the actual crisis will you be allowed to make the firearm ready? Six months prior? Or only when the door is physically in the process of being kicked in?