Excuse me? Don’t try to project your own hypocritical misery onto others ..... you don’t give a shit about anyone’s freedom except your own to fire some useless gun. I mean it might actually start to make sense if you had tanks to shoot at, but even then it’s ridiculous at best.
Silly boy. A 20mm wouldn't scratch the paint on a modern tank.
But you see, you have already declared some thing
I might want ridiculous.
Where would you say the cut off is? At .50 BMG? .416 Rigby? .30 caliber? .22? A slingshot?
It isn't that I want that particular rifle, but you would limit what rifle I can have, from 2000 miles away, with no concept of the place I live in, the hazards I face. I might want it to trigger avalanches on my access road so I can plow the snow away without risking being buried.
There are many entertainments which hold absolutely no allure for me. Should we ban those?
That would dispense with entire classes of 'music', the portrayal of more than a few 'lifestyles', and a host of clubs.
I don't drink, What do I care if that's banned--by your metric, I wouldn't, it affects me not.
Same for the various and sundry recreational drugs, various painkillers, video games, chick flicks, vehicles with less than 8 inches ground clearance, three piece suits, italian loafers, and neckties.
Ban them all, by your metric, because that would not affect
me. See how that works? I really see no use for most of those things. why would anyone want to wear a strip of cloth around their neck that can get caught in machinery or be used as a ligature in a dispute? Seems pretty stupid in my world.
But if we don't protect the freedom of others to exercise their rights, basic rights which really harm no one, then who will be there when you feel those walls of totalitarianism closing in? It isn't about what you want, freedom has a serious element of live and let live where people don't unnecessarily mess with people who aren't hurting anyone.
First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist.
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out— because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.
Pastor Martin Niemöller
Maybe you'll awaken to the concept, but I somehow doubt it.