Web: Don't you have to do most of that to get a job? To get a CCL? And why should it matter if you have nothing to hide.
An employer is not required by federal law to ask such questions outside of certain jobs (i.e. healthcare, law enforcement, etc.). If I feel that my employer is asking invasive questions, I am free to seek employment elsewhere or to seek a different profession. If I feel that the federal government is asking invasive questions, I have nowhere else to turn as there is only one federal government in this country. As far as a CCL is concerned, I personally don't think that a law abiding citizen should need to have a license to carry a gun. If the person is not law abiding, then chances are they would be prohibited from buying a gun anyway. Besides, I very highly doubt that a criminal intent on commiting a violent crime is all that worried about whether or not it is legal for him to carry the weapon he plans on using to commit said crime. It is not that I have anything to hide, but rather the principle of the matter. So long as I have no criminal record nor any history of mental illness, why should I have to provide private information about my property to the government? It is not that I have anything to hide (if I did, I probably wouldn't pass the background check required to buy a firearm anyway), but rather that the details of my property that are not public record are no one else's business. Would you have a problem with the police searching your house without a warrant? Afterall, what difference does it make if you have nothing to hide? If the founding father felt this way, we wouldn't have the 4th Amendment.
The point I am trying to raise is that no one can ever give me a logical reason as to why they need a full auto firearm. The only thing it does better than any other (and less expensive) firearm is killing people.
The point I am trying to make is that I shouldn't have to provide a reason to need a full-auto firearm. So long as I don't do anything illegal with it, my reasons for owning it are no one else's business.
This is a passionate argument to some of you who clearly believe that it is your right to do and own whatever you want in this country.
So long as what I want to do neither infringes upon the rights of nor harms anyone else (which owning a full-auto firearm does neither) then yes, I do believe that it's my right to do whatever I want.
the word "need" plays a huge role in everything, especially legal cases. So do the words "reasonable" and "doubt."
So do the words "probable cause" and "burden of proof." Because the burden of proof lies upon the government (i.e. innocent until proven guilty) and I have nothing in my past to show probable cause towards violent tendencies, why should I be prohibited or severely restricted from something that puts no one in danger?
Right now there is nothing stopping you apart from your finances and any past record you might have from buying a Class III weapon. I could go out and do it tomorrow (maybe not because its sunday and things are closed but you get the point) if I choose to but I am not. I do not have a logical reason to own a fully automatic combat rifle, I do not kill people. Give me some reasons...
See, that's the problem. I shouldn't have to give you or anyone else a reson other than "because I want one and I can afford one." So long as what I do with my property is not illegal, it's my business and mine alone.
You said "So what? What's your point? Is that supposed to be a bad thing?" and I would say yes, because I believe that killing people is wrong and you would most likely go to prison for it (excluding professionals, who might still see killing as wrong...necessary sometimes but still wrong).
So is killing someone who breaks into your home to do you harm wrong? That is killing a person and a fully-automatic weapon can be used to do it. Is it that a fully-automatic weapon can
only be used to kill
people or are they equally deadly to
animals as well? Perhaps I want the weapon to perform pest control on my property or perhaps I want it just to blow holes in an old car hood just for recreation. It doesn't really matter so long as I'm not commiting a violent crime with it. A sword's only purpose is to kill people too but I don't hear anyone having to justify owning a sword.