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Originally posted by cegerer
The car license analogy is always brought up. It's apples vs. oranges though. In the United States, it is a right to own a gun. There is no right to drive a car in the USA. I'm sure it's difficult to comprehend the difference for somebody who was not born here - hell, it's hard for 1/2 the population who were born here to understand the concept of rights and personal freedom ...... 
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I've already had a go at the "right" to own a gun. It is crap, quite simply, in my mind - no amount of pointing at the second amendment will convince me otherwise.
I'll remind you that once upon a time there was a constitutional amendment banning alcohol - I don't see the average 2nd amendment campaigner stepping in to vigorously campaign for reinstatement of that.
Further, does everyone have the "right" to own a gun? When would you take it away? Do you not approve of any of the restrictions on gun ownership in place? Would you prefer it was unrestricted? What about age restrictions?
Written into the constitution or not, IMO you don't have a uncontrolled "right" to own a dangerous weapon.
The stuff about the AWB and what it controls simply demonstrates that the government (for whatever reason) did a crap job of implementing the ban. This shouldn't be used as ammunition for removing the ban - it should be the starting point for making it better.
Me? I'd make anything military looking hard to get. Basically, I disapprove of any weapon designed primarily to kill people - regardless of whether it is modified to do so less efficiently.