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Perception is a funny thing isn't it, while I respect your opinion, from this side of the Atlantic they are portrayed as the good guys doing what is logical and obvious by trying to take guns off of the streets. Maybe they are naive to think that a society can function perfectly well without assault rifles etc being available, maybe theses kids are the future and are using forward thinking, there will never be a correct answer just differing opinions. I bet that you and those kids have more in common than you do differences and thats always worth remembering.

No, there is a correct answer here, this is not a case where both sides have valid points, the anti civil rights advocates are essentially science deniers.

I am learning more each day, today I learnt this (sorry the pictures didn't copy across)

Look below, this is a 30-06 Hunting Rifle but with tactical design.

Now here is the same gun with a normal stock and look.

Both do the same thing but one looks scary and this is the kind of thing they want to ban. Next look at the Armalite 15 also known as the AR-15 with a tactical look.

Now look at a regular one.

Both do the same thing but they want to ban the Armilite 15, mostly because people think AR means Assault Riffle, but it means Armilite. Nether of these guns are Automatic and the funny thing is that the 30-06 is a bigger and more deadly round yet this guy is not one being talked about.
basically @embomb gave me a little education in a calm and friendly way and he really didn't have to because he's a heavily armed MMA fighter so could act just the way he pleases (whether online or not)
If you could elaborate on the science denier angle it would be great, I'm interested in all this at the moment from afar but with my daughter heading to the USA tomorrow.

I wrote here about how one state recently defined "assault rifles" as those with a "shroud" on the barrel, because that is what makes it deadly apparently.
Here are the relevant facts about guns in the us

If I didn't come across as calm and friendly I apologize, a lot of people have been coming after my basic civil liberties lately.

Hey we're all good my man, discussion is good and all sides should be prepared to learn about the other too (not that I feel we're on different sides) and I'm certainly not after anyones liberties :-)

Frankly we are quite concerned about you all, how can you stop sharia law if saying things in opposition to it is a speech crime?