Originally Posted by TheLegacy

Talking to an American friend of mine they get upset when people talk about assault rifles and hunting saying it's BS. The concept is that the freedom to own it and protecting their families is what is at stake. Why an assault rifle? Simply because more damage can be done and it's over not to mention that the invader to your home likely will have one (they said).

Point is that now people are talking about their "rights" and that if that is taken away criminals will still have access and get to the rifles anyways since police don't catch them so it's fighting fire with fire.

People who do not live in the USA have a hard time understanding this since their country has strong regulations in place already to avoid people from possessing stronger weapons and the police work hard on stopping them from getting on the streets. Much less other countries such as Canada we really don't have a need to carry weapons of any kind unless it's for hunting - so we don't fully appreciate the need to have a gun in the house and even if we did - there are strong background checks - safety training an storage of guns before we would consider it. Those out in the country in the US where police do not respond within 5min's of a call feel they need stronger guns - while countries such as Canada - we honestly leave our doors unlocked in the country because crime simply isn't the same as our neighbors to the south.