i am not a weapons expert, but i would say the type of weapons that stephen paddock, the las vegas mass shooter, used to take the lives of 60 people in ten minutes would qualify as assault rifles. i just don’t think there is any reason for average citizens to own these weapons.
I can accept somebody having one for each member of their household. For example, if a gang decides they want to kill somebody, I hope that person has enough firepower to survive.
That said, I see no reason why that loser needed so many weapons. Here’s the list of what he had, both in the hotel and at his houses.
By my count, that’s 24 guns at the hotel alone and 25 in his two homes. That seems excessive to me, but I’m not sure trying to regulate how many weapons somebody had would pass Constitutional muster.
Assault rifles are not readily available at all. In fact, they are outlawed and have been since 1933.
Correct, which is why ordinary citizens can’t own machine guns. The Vegas shooter had lots of weapons with bump stocks which sort of made the semi-automatic weapons into automatic ones.
Please show us all where the Bill of Rights says anything about any right to be as well armed as the government. Or is that your interpretation?
Of course it doesn’t literally say that. However, remember the intent — to help citizens be able to defend themselves, including against their own government (Great Britain until we won the Revolutionary War).
Of course, with weapons like stealth bombers, ballistic missiles, and nuclear weapons, most citizens couldn’t complete with the U.S. military (maybe a billionaire could afford some comparable weapons, but not in the numbers the military has).
However, citizens should be able to stand up against a city police force that goes rogue, I believe. I hope that never has to happen, though.
He claimed COVID-19 was a hoax and then blamed his problems on it.
Actually, he never said COVID was a hoax. He claimed the Democrats were using tactics similar to the Russian “hoax” regarding is COVID policies.
Source: Https://Www.cnn.Com/2020/09/17/politics/joe-biden-campaign-ad-trump-coronavirus-hoax-fact-check
NOTE: That’s CNN saying that, not some right-wing publication.