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?Screwups with a rifle may kill 1 person, abuses with a rifle may kill a dozen, accidentally setting off a modern nuke, even ten miles outside a city would obliterate it regardless.?

Dangus, sorry, but I must respectfully disagree?. This same line of reasoning is currently being used to justify gun control. Their ultimate goal is complete confiscation of guns from all but the military?. Fear of what someone may do is not a reason for denial of a right. Take a look at the current debate over the ?50 cal sniper rifle? (sorry only use the term to stress the point). You can read the same fear and horror of someone owning one of these by the politicians as you present in the above statement. I?ve often heard a couple of the same type of comments from some of our anti-gunner senators? ie? ?the Constitution be dammed?. The same arguments can be used for the A-bomb as can be for any small arm. Currently it is only governments, which have the manpower and resources to put one together. Now think of a law-less government the same as a crook. Will these governments not always be able to build one? Is our country to become the world?s police to prevent these governments from getting their hands on nukes? Fear is a powerful weapon. It can and is being used to disarm us.