And that's the heart of the matter, Web. That, and to me, this weird new affection for assault weapons we seemed to have developed.
Look, I was a Tennessee state smallbore target rifle champion as a teenager, almost let the Army talk me into them making me good enough to compete in the Olympics. I've enjoyed many a bird hunt, used to be a member of the NRA when it wasn't controlled by the manufacturers. I cannot conceive of any situation that could not be successfully handled with a shotgun, pistol, or bolt action rifle. I've heard a lot of paranoid explanations, but I've yet to have anyone give me a logical reason why an assault weapon is needed in their life.
Not trying to rain on anyone's parade here, but assault weapons make no sense to me in any context other than military use. Not even police use.