RE: Gun Control - isn't it true that no one needs a semi-automatic weapon to protect their family?

One would think so, but then again, one hasn't drunk the NRA Kool Aid.

If you had studied the origins and development of the 2nd amendment you would know its purpose is not about hunting or defending the home. It is about ensuring that We The People will always have the means to keep government in check. I've read a lot about it and to be very blunt, our Founders were not thinking about hunting Bambi but politicians In order to keep their State free from a Federal government tyranny. Also, they assumed that civilians would always have the same arms as the military. That hasn't worked out very well but we surround them ;)

IF protecting your family and hunting was the purpose of the 2nd Amendment, I would agree with you that no one "needs" a semi-automatic rifle.

But that's not the purpose of the 2nd Amendment.

It's quite clear the purpose of the 2nd Amendment is so the people can supply their own weapons, so they can fight for freedom as part of the militia.

And don't you think an AR-15 with high capacity magazines would make an excellent militia weapon to fight for our freedoms with?

Who is Number 1 says it well. I'll just add in direct response to your question that there are neighborhoods in this country where I would regard a semiautomatic as being seriously undergunned. I feel for any poor kid who is stuck in any of those neighborhoods and I question the sanity of their parents for not either getting out or cleaning up the neighborhood.

The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.

In what way is this unclear? And if you're going to bring up the "people aren't a well regulated militia". Our founders did not go out of their way to state our army has the right to bear arms (except in Ft. Hood cough cough), our police are not a "well regulated militia" and I don't think anyone would argue police shouldn't be able to bear arms, our freedoms are individual freedoms not collective ones.

Don't confuse defense (right use of guns) with aggression (wrong use of guns). Self-defense is a natural right we are born with.

none of you know anything about guns. you sound like a bunch of ignorant savages debating the benefits of kerosene, versus hydrogen for rocket fuel.

No, not true.

I do. I like criminals DEAD. FVCKING DEAD.

Only a Liberal would have a problem with me killing another Liberal.