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I own multiple assault rifles.
I am the sort of person who likes to be prepared for everything. I live through an earthquake where we didn't have power for a week, and now we stock extra food "just in case". Not a big deal, just make sure we always have a few extra cases of water on hand and extra canned goods. More recently most of my hometown had to evacuate on very short notice due to a propane train fire, and while I didn't have to evacuate most of my neighbors did and they had horror stories about how they had to live away from home with such short notice. We keep little escape bags in the garage so if we ever have to leave, we'll have a few days of clothes on hand when we leave.
Over the past few years the economy has been rough, and in the back my mind I had some "quiet concerns" that if anything was to happen - riots, society breaking down, end of the world stuff - it would be nice to be prepared.
For me, firearms are tools. They were a tool we used to hunt deer with, and off season we did some target practice. Today the NRA has turned it into a huge industry, and has a large percentage of the population living in fear and making us feel the need to "protect ourselves" while over all crime is dropping. While I understand this is a hobby for some people - a lot of people - assault rifles is not something the general public needs. Fun, yes, sure, but not something you should need to defend your house with. An AR15 is the weapon I trained with in boot camp, the M16. Unless you plan on going up against a dozen people, you don't need an assault rifle.
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“The choice is no longer between right or left. The choice is between normal and crazy.”
- Sarah Huckabee Sanders
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