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Given that they all, except one, own AR-15s -- it is the most popular rifle in the US for a reason -- I rather doubt they would support a ban. It's not like on
by donw 10y ago
Given that they all, except one, own AR-15s -- it is the most popular rifle in the US for a reason -- I rather doubt they would support a ban.
It's not like one model of rifle is really any more or less lethal than another, after all.
As far as fear goes, if we apply the same logic, would it be fair to say that people who own fire extinguishers, train in CPR, wear seatbelts, own amateur radios, or use bike helmets also do so primarily out of fear?
- smt88 10y ago> It's not like one model of rifle is really any more or less lethal than another, after all. That isn't true, because rates of fire, capacity, accuracy, and ammunition vary between rifles. An M1 Garand is just not going to kill the same way (or in the same quantities) as an AK-47, which can fire 10x rounds in the same amount of time. > fair to say that people who own fire extinguishers, train in CPR, wear seatbelts, own amateur radios, or use bike helmets also do so primarily out of fear? Yes, absolutely. In some cases, it's not their own fear, but rather society's fear (which results in regulations, like mandatory extinguishers and mandatory seatbelts). But, at its core, it's still a fear of something going wrong that has motivated those decisions. What's wrong with fear? Fear is a vital emotion that sometimes helps us make great decisions and sometimes causes us to make terrible decisions.