Fact remains: No one needs assault weapons other than the military. People can protect themselves and hunt and protect their family with regular handguns/shotguns in their homes. No one said anything about not letting people have guns...just more rules regarding the ownership and type of guns. A free society does not mean you can do what you want...rules apply and rules are changed according to the times we live in. I dislike paranoid people who continuously think the government is out to get them and want others to believe the same. Would be very depressing to live with an attitude like that.