From the brady center:
Sporting rifles and assault weapons are two distinct classes of firearms. While semi-automatic hunting rifles are designed to be fired from the shoulder and depend upon the accuracy of a precisely aimed projectile, semi-automatic assault weapons are designed to maximize lethal effects through a rapid rate of fire.
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From violence policy center:
With muzzle velocities that are often greater than standard long guns and high-capacity ammunition magazines, assault weapons are built to kill large numbers of human beings quickly and efficiently.
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So let’s just put it out there. Yes, guns are designed to kill people. Yes, some guns are better designed to kill more people more efficiently. Yes, that’s part of why we own them: because at some time in the future, it may become necessary for citizens to take up arms and kill people, maybe even a lot of people.
The framers of the Constitution knew that, at some point, it might be necessary for citizens to kill people, even large numbers of people. That’s why they gave us the Second Amendment: so that the power, ultimately, rests in the hands of the citizenry. The Second Amendment protects our right to defend ourselves against any form of oppression, be it the personal threat of an armed thief, a rioting crowd, a tyrannical government no longer accountable to its citizens, or an invading force bent on subjugation.
So yes, some guns are made to kill large numbers of people, and that’s part of why we own them. For anyone to deny us the use of these arms, is to abrogate our rights as protected by the Second Amendment.
So, I admit it. I own a weapon which is made to kill large numbers of people in a very short time. Because, someday, as much as I hate to think it might happen, it may become necessary to do what needs to be done.