Why do you need assault rifles or high capacity magazines by Rob Olive

[NomadS]

great essay. Why do you need "assault rifles" and "high-capacity" magazines?

 

[Sonney]

Under the 2nd Amendment we don't have to need all we have to do is want. We now have the right to bare arms it doesn't give a definition to what we need or want. After all the term of assault rifles by definition is not a semi auto rifle don't let the looks fool you.

 

[1donos]

nice article!

 

[indykid]

Very well written article, thanks for the link.

 

[C.M.Burns]

I really do not see the need to buy 9, 10 rounders instead of 3, 30 round mags just to practice at the range. Logical thinking is convenient. But what do I know?

 

[joale]

I really do not see the need to buy 9, 10 rounders instead of 3, 30 round mags just to practice at the range. Logical thinking is convenient. But what do I know?

Because standard capacity 30 rd mags have been redefined as "high capacity" and are therefore evil. 30 rd magazines have been known to kill people all by themselves...which increases their 'capacity' to high...and their evilness.


Anyway...great article.

 

[Foxxwoof]

Great article.. I shared that on my FB page. I couldn't not after reading it.

 

[gpjerry]

Very good read.

 

[Movealongmovealong]

Under the 2nd Amendment we don't have to need all we have to do is want. We now have the right to bare arms it doesn't give a definition to what we need or want. After all the term of assault rifles by definition is not a semi auto rifle don't let the looks fool you.

Exactly. This is the reason I'm betting that "may issue" states that face a legal challenge will soon have to switch to "shall issue."

The burden to prevent a right is on the state to provide a legitimate reason. It's not the same as a privilege (like driving on the roads) where YOU have to prove your ability and so forth (licensing, insurance, vehicle inspections, etc.).

 

[50BMG Steve]

Not just the 2nd Admendment.

For many of us this issue is not about a hobby or hunting. Nor even just about the 2nd Admendment. Standing firm.

 

[firecadet613]

Great article, thanks for sharing!

 

[gunworks321]

This is a well written article and worth the time to read it. His first book "Essential Liberty" is also a must read for anyone involved in the shooting sports and those who cherish the 2nd Amendment. Thanks for posting!

 

[mistap]

For the same reason I NEED to attend a church with a 200' spire...

 

[essential-liberty]

"Why do you need 'assault rifles'?"...

Guys, thanks for the kind words about my "assault rifle" essay and my novel. This seems like a great forum! I will check back from time to time. We're all in this fight together and I'd love to hear from any of you, either here on the forum or via email.

Take care,
Rob Olive - Author, Essential Liberty...a novel that paints a disturbing picture of what firearm confiscation in the United States might look like.

 

[Bill of Rights]

Welcome, Rob, and thanks for both your article and your presence here. I look forward to your posts.

Blessings,
Bill

 

[dunk50]

Rob, the short answer for me is because our forefathers saw the need for US (citizens) to be able to protect ourselves FROM THE GOVERNMENT! Seems that they understood the potential for OUR GOVERNMENT TO GET OUT OF CONTROL!!

 

[JollyMon]

That was an excellent read. Thanks for sharing.

 

[hoosiersasquatch]

Great article and thanks for sharing, I can not take credit for this quote, but one of answers to who needs an "Assault Weapon" is; This is a free society! The burden of proof in a free society is not upon people who want to exercise rights; it's on people who want to restrict rights.

 

[SSGSAD]

Because standard capacity 30 rd mags have been redefined as "high capacity" and are therefore evil. 30 rd magazines have been known to kill people all by themselves...which increases their 'capacity' to high...and their evilness.


Anyway...great article.

YES THIS, I have posted in at least two other threads, that 20 & 30 round Magazines, are STANDARD ISSUE, for the Army, and the USMC. The Media, calls them "high Cap."
I have been wanting to say this for a while now ..... I want and NEED an AR, and 20 & 30 round mag., because, the BAD GUYS have them, so the GOOD GUYS, and Girls, NEED them ..... You, CANNOT win a gunfight, if YOU are out-gunned !!!!! JMHO .....

 

[essential-liberty]

Welcome, Rob, and thanks for both your article and your presence here. I look forward to your posts.

Blessings,
Bill

Thanks Bill, and the rest. I will try to pop by as I can. Very busy year trying to promote Essential Liberty and write a sequel, but I love gun forums, and this one honestly seems more active than many I visit and appears to be full of good info. Good, solid, RED state like Indiana...what else should I expect, huh?

Regarding the subject of my essay, my primary goal was (and is) to try to provide an answer as to why we "need" THOSE types of guns; not merely what the purpose of the 2A was (and is). And here's the short version: "[FONT=&quot]...to instill enough fear in those bent on imposing their will upon us to stop them from doing so. We require a sufficient deterrent for that possibility to be realistic. Small arms of the nature described above—fed by the devices they were intended to be used with (erroneously called “high-capacity” magazines)—in the hands of millions of determined Americans are that deterrent. A duck-hunting shotgun or bolt-action deer rifle is not."

Some have criticized my answer by asking what good an AR-15 would be against an Abrams Tank, F-18, etc. But they're missing the point. Our "fight," if it ever came to that, would be against (mostly federal) law enforcement, not our military. As we saw today with a petition signed by over 1,100 current and former Army SF, the vast majority of the military is on OUR side, particularly from within the Special Operations community.

And against those odds, I like our chances. I'm not trying to incite anything; only to point out that the original intent of the 2A is alive and well, and backed up by the types of firearms currently at the center of this debate.

Sorry for the long windedness. I tend to do that...

Rob Olive, Author - Essential Liberty
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