Selminus]I think it's incredibly unlikely Verm. It brings up several questions/points for me.
1. How do you end up in the type of situation where someone is going to "kick your door in with an AR-15"? Living in the ghetto? Selling drugs? Has this happened to anyone you know that was living a legit life?
2. If we had that type of collapse don't you think there would be A LOT of precursors that would give you enough of a heads up to either leave the country or then obtain the weapons? Do you see any hints of this currently?
3. Why are my insults the only ones you're identifying?
4. Is it sensible to fire an assault rifle in a close quarter home invasion setting, or would you run the risk of killing a family member or neighbor? I'm not in the military - but aren't shotguns and small firearms superior choices for that situation?
Used to be a paralegal, I like bullet points. :-)
1. I think this was directed at someone else? I personally think an assault rifle is a TERRIBLE choice for defense against home invasion because 1. The bullets penetrate multiple walls and you risk injuring a family member or neighbors and 2. In close quarters, I'll take my 12 gauge with buckshot vs. your assault rifle any day.
2. Yes I do but I also think by then, if there were any weapons left to buy, the prices would be vastly inflated. I'll buy mine now, while they are legal and regularly priced. Yes, I do see signs that worry me about the future. In case you haven't been paying attention, our civil liberties have been getting chipped away at steadily over the years. The 911 legislation that allows our country to hold people without bail, without charging them, without providing them with a phone call and without access to an attorney simply by stating they are suspected of terrorism is very disturbing to me. Does the fact that our country charges into wars blindly without the support of the UN on questionable grounds not worry you? We've been lucky this far because we've not picked a fight with anyone that could really stand up to us. There are many other things that cause me concern as well. But like I said, although I don't see this happening in my lifetime, you just never know...
3. I think you interpreted a tone that wasn't there on this one. I simply meant I'd like to continue to engage in a healthy debate with you and that I would prefer if you and I left out the insults to one another and didn't get into the kind of pointless back and forth you and G-Fist are doing.
4. You are 100% right on this one, which I said above. But I would not have an assault rifle for this purpose. For me, an assault rifle is for 2 purposes 1. Fun. I like to shoot guns at targets. The bigger the better. If I could own grenades, I would, lol. 2. If the shit hits the fan, and this country does collapse, I'd like an array of weapons for various purposes. Each type of gun (assault rifle, sidearm, long rifle, and shotgun) has it's purpose.