rainynight65
New member
kenny, I wasn't quite aware of the ban of fully automatic weapons. When "Assault Weapons" were brought up, I associated them with automatics. My bad.
To be honest, I never tried to understand the logic behind the 2nd Amendment and its interpretations. I think the mentalities differ too much here. I come from a world where civilian ownership of weapons is generally restricted. My question was, as posted, dedicated to the actual purpose of certain weapons in civilian hands. Some replies were enlightening, some were mildly amusing. In my country, possession of weapons is basically limited to the purposes of self-defense, hunting, sports-shooting and collecting - none of which is a purpose an automatic weapon would be quite fit to fulfill (imho), except maybe the latter point. Military-grade weapons are available for sports shooting, but they must be reconfigured to semi-auto only.
To be honest, I never tried to understand the logic behind the 2nd Amendment and its interpretations. I think the mentalities differ too much here. I come from a world where civilian ownership of weapons is generally restricted. My question was, as posted, dedicated to the actual purpose of certain weapons in civilian hands. Some replies were enlightening, some were mildly amusing. In my country, possession of weapons is basically limited to the purposes of self-defense, hunting, sports-shooting and collecting - none of which is a purpose an automatic weapon would be quite fit to fulfill (imho), except maybe the latter point. Military-grade weapons are available for sports shooting, but they must be reconfigured to semi-auto only.