> In exactly what case does a civilian need an automatic rifle? Generally, suppression of negative freedoms are argued in terms of "what is the need of the col

> In exactly what case does a civilian need an automatic rifle? Generally, suppression of negative freedoms are argued in terms of "what is the need of the collective to forcibly deny this freedom to citizens" rather than what need the citizen has to use the freedom. What is your exact need for freedom of the press extended to even obscene material? What is your exact need to be allowed to worship even satan? And my favourite: if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear. > but let's be honest, if the government wants to be even more/fully totalitarian, an untrained militia carrying rifles won't stop them. It's probably not going to help much against a slow slide, but it will make revolutions look a lot different.