Concerned American
Diamond Member
So Yellow Cabs in NYC fall into the dangerous category as they were responsible for multiple deaths this week. So we should ban Yellow Cabs? Yeah, I know, it is a stupid thought. Like your thoughts that all semi autos should be banned. It ain't the tool--the problem is the person who uses it.This fails as a false comparison fallacy.
The test is whether a weapon is ‘in common use’ or ‘dangerous and unusual’ – pickup trucks are neither dangerous nor unusual, how common they are is therefore irrelevant.
Rather, the question shouldn’t be limited to just AR 15s, but all semi-auto rifles and carbines – the many Kalashnikov variants, FN SCAR 16s and 17s, FN FALs, HK 91s other roller-delayed blowback firearms, M1As, Galils, Czech vz 58s, just to name a few.
Indeed, there are at least another 20 million non-AR platform firearms in the United States.
Consequently, with that many semi-automatic rifles and carbines with 20- or 30-round detachable magazines possessed by private citizens, such weapons are clearly ‘in common use’ and should fall within the scope of Second Amendment protections.