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I don't think there's any reason on Earth why people should have access to automatic and semiautomatic weapons unless they're in the military or in the police.

If people want to own a rifle or something like that for hunting purposes only, I tend to agree with that. But semi-automatic weapons and handguns, that's just unreal. I mean, what good are handguns?

There is no reason for anybody to have an assault weapon.

I know we don't need automatic weapons, but the question may boil down to what is an automatic weapon.

A weapon isn't good or bad, depends on the person who uses it.

There is no possible justification or excuse for marketing dangerous weapons to children as if they were toys.

A weapon kills people and makes people in cities dominated by fear. But if you turn it into an instrument, it's like social gold. It brings people together and you build trust.

Technology adds nothing to art.

I've come to the conclusion that military style weapons really don't have any place in our society. We ought to reinstate the assault weapons ban that served us well for 10 years from 1994 to 2004.

Cyber weapons provide the tantalising possibility of being able to cripple the enemy without inflicting lasting damage on them.