Normal citizens need guns for the same reason they needed guns to win our independence from Britain: militia. That's the reason we have the right to bear arms -- we *must* remain at least partially able to defend against tyrrany, whether from our own government or others.I'm torn about assault rifles. I mean... they're designed to kill quickly, efficiently, and many times over. The average citizen has no business possessing one of these. And yet... if it ever came to it, the government sure as fuck would have them. So shouldn't we? Fuck it, I don't know. I don't have to know. Not like my decision would change anything anyway...(please pardon me if I sound callous... honestly, I just don't want to address the real topic of the thread)