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Originally Posted by Rezdaddy Longlegs
The reason AR15's are legal isnt for self defense or for hunting.....Tyranny is why. people laugh but how many times has history shown us that it certainly does. Our country was founded on that exact principal when breaking away from Britain.
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I've hear this argument before, but I don't find it very convincing. Citizens generally don't have access to the type of military hardware that would actually allow them to overthrow the US govt. Maybe when the most advanced technology was a musket or a canon, that was a feasible idea. Nowadays, not so much.
Besides, what really puzzles me about this argument is the idea that I'm supposed to trust an unorganized mob of citizens with guns with my fate more than I should trust the US govt.
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And gangs cartels are NOT using legal rifles...Sure maybe a few stolen ones here and there but the VAST majority are illegally gotten and a ban would do nothing to stop that.
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Take a look at this.
U.S.: Gun raids show cartels at work in Ariz. - TODAY News - TODAY.com
Whether they were obtained legally or illegally, the legal gun market ultimately supplied them.