Name:   phil - Subject:   Another school shooting Date:   2/15/2018 10:04:41 AM (updated 2/15/2018 10:10:17 AM)

As an owner of several AR15s, having purchased and built many for friends and family - I am not afraid of my firearms jumping out of the locked gun safe and shooting me.  

It is a tool when used correctly does its job.  I can ask the same of:

Why does someone need a air nail gun when a regular hammer will suffice?  With a little modification a air nailer can be used to kill at range, or close up.  

Why do you need a SUV when a bicycle can get you there?  

Why does someone need more then one knife in a home per person? When you only need one steak knife  maybe share it around and keep it locked up.

Different tools have different purposes, Hog hunting with an AR lets you take out more animals that are destroying property.  I have personally used it for this purpose in various states for farmers and ranchers where it has become a problem.  It is a tool when properly used does not randomly kill people.  Killing coyotes that kill livestock for a few farmers in my area would be another use that I have used one for recently.   Hired by a golf course once to exterminate beaver who were backing up a creek onto the green before we used a tractor to pull the dam apart.

This chithead who shot up the school was voted most likely to come back and shoot up the school, was expelled, wore a gas mask back to school with the intent to murder people.  He broke how many gun free laws, gun laws, acts of violence to do what he did?

Do you honestly believe that one more law would have slowed down someone with such horrific intent?  There are other semi automatic weapons avialable on the market, many with 20+ round clips.  You are showing ignorance in the fact that you and other ignorant people state "why is there any need for anyone to own a AR?"

Do you not think that a Marlin model 60 .22 caliber rifle, which used to be the first gun the majority of country children owned,  with 14 rounds could not do similar damage?  I can remember having contests as a youth to see who could knock down more cans in a specific amount of time.  Had turned down tubing to make pre loaded speed loaders in metal shop to allow faster loading times as anyone who has ever put them one at a time into the magazine knows it is slow - there are ways to speed up any process.

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