Majority of Americans support assault weapons ban....

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The amount of non-military families that possess automatic weaponry is extraordinarily low.

Yes. What does that have to do with this topic though?

Can you stop?  We don't have to know every technical term about guns to know which ones need banning, any more than your side needs to fully understand the Qur'an to know you want its followers banned.

This comparison is valid.  But that makes me very confused about how you see your own position

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But why are assault weapons legal in the first place? What on earth purpose do they serve? Jesus Christ, why do people -- probably 99% men -- have to have an assault rifle, ever, except to fight in war?

As a female, I will never understand or approve of the mindset that thinks it needs a weapon of mass destruction for any reason other than that our country is at war.

     Civilian purchase of assault rifles has been heavily restricted since 1934. Whether or not people need such things, most people don't have them and can't afford them.

An assault rifle is a particular kind of weapon that can has allows for selecting between automatic and semi-automatic modes.  They were invented in WW2 by the Germans in WW2 and were first used by the US military afterward the war.  But yes, very heavily restricted along with other automatic weapons, especially since 1986.

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The amount of non-military families that possess automatic weaponry is extraordinarily low.

Yes. What does that have to do with this topic though?

Nothing aside from the fact that automatic weaponry is a better term than "assault weapons" for this sort of topic. Maybe I should've clarified my statement: Any semi-automatic modification of an automatic weapon OR automatic weapon.

How is it's origins relevant?  Isn't that sort of like classifying Coca-Cola as a narcotic since it used to have cocaine?  Or advising an alcoholic not to drink Welch's grape juice?

Are there any real arguments as to how an AR-15 is more dangerous than the guns that people would use instead if it were banned?