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<blockquote data-quote="perfecxionX" data-source="post: 7408676" data-attributes="member: 572854">It has nothing to do with accidents.&nbsp; When i say a nuclear power could become incompetent I&#039;m meaning that the nation becomes belligerent or violent where they weren&#039;t when they acquired nuclear weapons.&nbsp; I&#039;m not saying that they simply fail to maintain their nuclear arsenal in a responsible way.&nbsp; This is why i said &quot;In the same way a law abiding gun owner can buy a gun and then later very easily become a non law abiding gun owner.&quot; (ie. a criminal)I bring up Jared Loughner because this was someone who had been kicked out of their community college and told they couldn&#039;t return without a psychiatric evaluation.&nbsp; At least 2 of his classmates thought that he would commit a spree shooting months before he actually did.&nbsp; But he was still able to buy a glock and a 30 round mag the night before the shooting.&nbsp; He unloaded the first mag and was only tackled and stopped while reloading.&nbsp; He killed six and injured 14, if the background check hadnt failed he wouldn&#039;t have had a handgun, and if the 2004 assault weapon ban hadn&#039;t expired he wouldn&#039;t have had a 30 round mag.&nbsp; The likelihood of him injuring/killing an equal number of people with a standard 10 round clip is very low.With how rare it is that people ever use their own guns in self defense, the likelihood of ever needing some military style weapon for self defense is extraordinary low.&nbsp; The United States is hardly the wild west anymore.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="perfecxionX, post: 7408676, member: 572854"] It has nothing to do with accidents. When i say a nuclear power could become incompetent I'm meaning that the nation becomes belligerent or violent where they weren't when they acquired nuclear weapons. I'm not saying that they simply fail to maintain their nuclear arsenal in a responsible way. This is why i said "In the same way a law abiding gun owner can buy a gun and then later very easily become a non law abiding gun owner." (ie. a criminal) I bring up Jared Loughner because this was someone who had been kicked out of their community college and told they couldn't return without a psychiatric evaluation. At least 2 of his classmates thought that he would commit a spree shooting months before he actually did. But he was still able to buy a glock and a 30 round mag the night before the shooting. He unloaded the first mag and was only tackled and stopped while reloading. He killed six and injured 14, if the background check hadnt failed he wouldn't have had a handgun, and if the 2004 assault weapon ban hadn't expired he wouldn't have had a 30 round mag. The likelihood of him injuring/killing an equal number of people with a standard 10 round clip is very low. With how rare it is that people ever use their own guns in self defense, the likelihood of ever needing some military style weapon for self defense is extraordinary low. The United States is hardly the wild west anymore. [/QUOTE]

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