If you want to talk in generic terms about presumptions of what other people need you're wasting your time. Do I *need* a room full of boxes of physics books I don't have shelves for? No. Do I *need* saxophones and flutes I don't play? No.
Does anyone *need* a firearm? That gets hazy. In a high crime neighborhood where burglary and …
If you want to talk in generic terms about presumptions of what other people need you're wasting your time. Do I *need* a room full of boxes of physics books I don't have shelves for? No. Do I *need* saxophones and flutes I don't play? No.
Does anyone *need* a firearm? That gets hazy. In a high crime neighborhood where burglary and robbery are common it would be hard to justify denial.
But: does anyone need a military weapon of massacre for self-defense? Absolutely not. Homes are not invaded by armies, they're invaded by addicts looking for a stereo or an iPad to steal and sell to buy dope. You don't need to be able to kill dozens of people in a minute to defend against that, and the availability of such firepower to demonstrably unstable people is doing the nation a lot of harm.
If you want to talk in generic terms about presumptions of what other people need you're wasting your time. Do I *need* a room full of boxes of physics books I don't have shelves for? No. Do I *need* saxophones and flutes I don't play? No.
Does anyone *need* a firearm? That gets hazy. In a high crime neighborhood where burglary and robbery are common it would be hard to justify denial.
But: does anyone need a military weapon of massacre for self-defense? Absolutely not. Homes are not invaded by armies, they're invaded by addicts looking for a stereo or an iPad to steal and sell to buy dope. You don't need to be able to kill dozens of people in a minute to defend against that, and the availability of such firepower to demonstrably unstable people is doing the nation a lot of harm.