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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 1072708" data-attributes="member: 14668">FWIW, I personally am not a big &quot;assault rifle&quot; guy. I do happen to own one (an AK-47 pattern AKM) that came my way as part of a trade, but it sits in the back of my safe and seldom if ever gets taken to the range. Of the guns in my collection, it is by far my least favorite. And if we did indeed have a repeat of the 1994-2004 ban, it really wouldnt affect me personally since I already own all the high-cap mags I will ever need for the guns I have that use them.I defend the right to own so-called &quot;assault weapons&quot; for the same exact reason that I defend Muslims when right-wing bigots (who usually agree with me about guns) try to blame terrorism on the Islamic faith. I&#039;m not a Muslim, and I have some serious theological disagreements with the tenets of their faith, but the moment we resort to inaccurate stereoptypes and start blaming the wrong thing for the problem, we stop looking for the solution to that problem.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="soberups, post: 1072708, member: 14668"] FWIW, I personally am not a big "assault rifle" guy. I do happen to own one (an AK-47 pattern AKM) that came my way as part of a trade, but it sits in the back of my safe and seldom if ever gets taken to the range. Of the guns in my collection, it is by far my least favorite. And if we did indeed have a repeat of the 1994-2004 ban, it really wouldnt affect me personally since I already own all the high-cap mags I will ever need for the guns I have that use them. I defend the right to own so-called "assault weapons" for the [I]same[/I] exact reason that I defend Muslims when right-wing bigots (who usually agree with me about guns) try to blame terrorism on the Islamic faith. I'm not a Muslim, and I have some serious theological disagreements with the tenets of their faith, but the moment we resort to inaccurate stereoptypes and start blaming the wrong[B] thing[/B] for the problem, we stop looking for the [B][I]solution[/I][/B] to that problem. [/QUOTE]

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