Comment Re:Where do US citizens think the limits should be (Score 1) 609
You've got to be kidding. The nuclear club is for countries. If you're not in it, the ones that are do whatever they can to keep you out. Citizens need not even apply.
Besides, you'd be frickin crazy to have a nuclear device. Terrorists want them and would do whatever it would take to take it from you. They're tough to even maintain if you have one, as well as dangerous. Not to mention a bitch to even make it. If you detonate one, where would you do it? They're just way to dangerous. Now if you had your own planet or something, go for it.
The US is too restrictive in some ways. We can have machine guns, cannons, etc however it's very expensive. You also have to give the government a license to come and inspect your properties whenever they want. No warrant is needed. I understand this goes all the way down to the local Sheriff.
You cannot own stuff that has an explosive ordnance, such as a high explosive round. Of course that's the ultimate - shoot something and it blows up. You have to put explosives in whatever it is your shooting to do that. That's another license.
On the other hand, I've shot a machine gun. A Thompson sub machine gun. It's way cool. I had a 15 shot clip in it, which when I went from 3 shot bursts to full auto, it emptied it very quickly. About 1.5 seconds I believe. I fully understand why they're so tough on them after shooting it. You feel way powerful with it. If you're a bit crazy, it'd be easy to wipe out a bunch of people quickly without even a second thought. It just seemed too easy. So I'm glad they restrict it. However I don't appreciate them not allowing any new machine guns to be made. They stopped that in the 1980s.
If you look at the Second amendment, we should be able to have whatever the military has. That was the point. Not that I ever expect we'd be able to do that.
People don't even know what is a right and what isn't. For example the 2nd amendment is a right. Abortion isn't a right, yet some people claim it is. I ask - ok, show me. They can't because it's not in there.