Yep, you got that right!
As has been mentioned several times now, one of our country's founding principals is the right to personal firearms ownership and the right to raise a militia, if necessary to protect our country and ourselves.
I don't think ANYONE who has voiced an opinion supporting firearms ownership even
begins to think of guns as "toys". And while I'll agree gun owners need to receive training and taught to how to handle the weapons safely, the idea of leavings the weapons ONLY in the hands of the "professionals" goes completetly against that principal our country was founded on. (And that comment comes from one of those Army professionals who is getting ready to retire after 21 years in the service). Concerning home defense - well, let's just say that if it comes to protecting me, my family, and my home, I'm damn glad I don't have to depend on my 5mw laser pointer for protection!!
And and far as OUR rules go, the rules for
LEGALLY owning and
using a firearm, especially a handgun, can be
VERY strict. Anyone here can actually OWN a laser system who can afford it, no questions asked! But, when it comes time to entertaining the public with a laser system - yeah, there are rules, very strict ones, if necessary, to ensure the safety of the public.
Thankfully, I live in a country where I am free to own and enjoy, within reason, both firearms and lasers. And, for the record, outside of some "official business" in the Middle East, neither I or any of the hundreds of gun owners I've known over the years has EVER pointed a gun at another person, but we have shot up a LOT of ammunition! It's called "Sport shooting", and various versions of it are even sanctioned as Olympic sports - which, unless rules have changed drastically, don't involve shooting at human beings.
Huh, what a concept - guns being used for something other than killing!
Wow, what will THAT do to upset the anti-gun "experts" on the Internet!!