Infantryman says "No average citizen should own an AR-15"

[iluvtennis]

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I served 6 years as an Infantryman where I trained tirelessly on the M4(AR15) weapon system. 2 combat tours in Iraq and I can say that NO average citizen should own one. #VetsForGunReform

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[quartz007]

1. Agreed!

No civilians needs to own anything bigger than a Pistol.
May be a shotgun requiring manual insertion of 2 shots at a time is OK for hunting.

[hack89]

2. No bolt operated deer rifles? Nt

[roamer65]

5. Bolt action rifles, shotguns and revolving handguns. Thats it.

All the rest should fall into a highly restricted class or be banned outright.

The revolvers should be in a mid range classification requiring a 90 day waiting period for adequate background check.

[hack89]

6. Ok.

Won’t happen but in attempting to get there some good laws will be passed.

[roamer65]

14. It can happen and its completely constitutional.

It just takes determination and the will to change.

[hack89]

15. No doubt it is constitutional

The problem that gun control has is the lack of wide and deep public support. The real issue is the Senate - each state gets two votes regardless of population. The Senate is where strict gun control goes to die.

[EL34x4]

8. Pistols kill nine times as many Americans as all other firearms combined.

If you want to save lives, ban handguns.

[quartz007]

9. Automobiles kill as well

probably more than handguns. But a senior person -or- a single mother has to have some defense against an intruder. Especially if they live in a high crime area.

[onethatcares]

12. automobiles do kill

but their owners are usually insured and they are registered. Get caught driving an un registered automobile and see what you run into.

Some of those high crime areas are due to criminals having unregistered or stolen firearms..

Can we at least register the owners?

[quartz007]

16. I support liability insurance for all firearms

in civilian and law enforcement hands. But it has to be based on income, because I want a single mother living in a big city with high crimes to be able to afford a handgun.

And it then follows that if you must have liability insurance, the weapon will be registered.

And I also want mandatory long prison time for anyone committing crime with a firearm. Even possession of un-registered weapon should be good for 5 years behind bars.

[HopeAgain]

3. This should be in the Democratic platform

But people can't let go of that macho ridiculousness.

[riversedge]

4. K

[GreenPartyVoter]

7. But they think they aren't average, and so deserve them.

[SharonAnn]

10. As Gen (Ret) Wesley Clark said "Join the military. We"ve

"Join the military. We've got lots of guns. We've got the best guns."

[Tatiana]

11. Yep. Another good Wes Clark quote:

"When politics becomes like war, democracy and good government are the first casualties."

[aikoaiko]

13. Well, I consider myself an above average citizen. Pass the AR15 and packed mags

It’s hard to take anyone seriously who equates the m4 with the AR15.