If I took the proper explosive training and the boy scout's national grenade launching skill/obstacle course, why can't I have one? It's never been the grenade launcher's fault in the various domestic grenade launching attacks. It's the person behind the grenade launcher, not the launcher itself that is at fault.
My right to a grenade launcher is firmly grounded in the second amendment: "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." Just because our forefathers wrote this several hundred years ago when they were planning on fighting the most powerful military power in the world without an organized militia of their own; desperate to recruit as many people as possible; during a period with a very small population density; living with minimal protective services such as the police; and with wild animals (as well as "wild" natives) constantly knocking at their doors, doesn't mean that it is not applicable today. Don't you watch TV? Global warming, fundamentalist terrorism, toxic pollution, economic collapse, Mayan calendars, Glenn Beck all are indicators of the coming Armageddon. Don't you listen to Palin? We need to "reload" not "retreat". We need to prepare. We need grenade launchers and Barrett M107 Heavy Caliber Anti-Materiel / Anti-Personnel Sniper Rifles and Colt Commando (XM177E2) Submachine Guns.
This is one of the best written posts I've read. Mild hyperbole, but it really puts that argument into perspective.
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