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Originally Posted by spd2918
The 2nd Ammendment is not about hunting or home protection.
It's about the people having the means to resist a tyranical government.
All "semi-automatic" means is the next bullet is loaded after the last is shot. A revolver loads the next bullet by trigger squeeze (or thumb cocking) and anyone with any skill can achieve the same rate of fire as an AR15. Besides, shooting fast means less accuracy, so it's a wash.
As for the New Zealand and Australia argument, they didn't have many mass shooting before confiscation. Australia did force people into quarantine detention during covid. They could because they did not fear an armed populace.
And the reason gun ownership is up is because people fear a tyranical government. When Seattle allowed a group of Communist thugs to take over the city, people bought guns. When those same Communist thugs laid seige to a Federal Courthouse in Portland, people bought guns.
I'm all for personal choice. If you don't like guns, don't buy one.
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The best way to resist a tyrannical government is with VOTES, not bullets from man-killing semi-automatic rifles. In the rare case of say a Russian or Chinese invasion (tyrannical governments), they could be resisted with bolt action rifles nicely. Like in a Red Dawn movie - resistors could use a bolt action rifle to take over the enemy's automatic weapons. Anyway, a bolt action is a better long-range sniper rifle than a short range ASSAULT rifle.