Reply #9: I had an interesting debate with my dittohead brother in law on this

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He lives in rural Washington state and farms for a living. I live in metropolitan Phoenix and drive a lot! He needs a gun for "critters" snakes, coyotes etc and I agreed and asked him if a AK-47 was necessary for that and he laughed and said "of course not, I own a 30-30 and a .38 handgun" I said those weapons weren't on a ban list so no problem. Then I shared with him the story of a man here in Phoenix who was "dissed" and ran out into the street shooting wildly at a car full of people who "dissed" him in front of his women. He managed to kill a landscaper and wound a lady just driving by. I told my B-I-L that I support "assault weapons" bans because it's too easy to get them in a big city and you never know when you will be minding your own business and become a target for being in the wrong place at the wrong time. I also shared about the "Shannon's Law" we have in PHX because some idiot fired a gun into the air and killed a 16 year old girl who was standing in her back yard. In spite of his dittohead mentality, he thought about my argument and agreed that an assault weapon ban made perfect sense. I was amazed! My dad taught me to shoot when I was a kid, and I have owned several guns over the years, but there are too many guns in the hands of idiots who can't shoot straight and do not practice any form of gun safety. Australia has a good gun policy IMHO