Assault weapons that can fire numerous times in seconds are designed for only one thing: killing large numbers of people. The military and law enforcement officers need that ability; ordinary law-abiding citizens do not.

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We have been there and done that.

The author is a complete idiot. The reason that tens of millions of Americans own these weapons is because they are an excellent deterrent. You are more likely to be killed by  a hammer than by a rifle in the US.

The left is trying to return humanity to the darkest times of history.