One doesn’t “need” a defensive weapon until he desperately needs one.
When the need is actualized, it is too late to find or purchase one unless the individual has exercised foresight and acquired one plus exercises due diligence in becoming proficient.
And yes, in my view, this is the essence of the 2nd Amendment.
It is also the reason we need to aggressively resist and work to roll back restrictions on weapon ownership regardless of whether the weon os a firearm, knife, baseball bat, etc.
Yes, IIRC, at least one European country has banned baseball bats.
Returning to question posed on the OP, this explains why we need AR 15 rifles even though most of us view them as merely the most amazing easily customized sporting rifle seen to date.
When the need is actualized, it is too late to find or purchase one unless the individual has exercised foresight and acquired one plus exercises due diligence in becoming proficient.
And yes, in my view, this is the essence of the 2nd Amendment.
It is also the reason we need to aggressively resist and work to roll back restrictions on weapon ownership regardless of whether the weon os a firearm, knife, baseball bat, etc.
Yes, IIRC, at least one European country has banned baseball bats.
Returning to question posed on the OP, this explains why we need AR 15 rifles even though most of us view them as merely the most amazing easily customized sporting rifle seen to date.
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"To those who have fought and almost died for it, freedom has a flavor the protected will never know."
-- Author Unknown
"If at first you do succeed, try not to look astonished!" -- Milton Berle