[Riposte1]

Email and brief written replies, even with emoticons, are a poor form of communication so please do not take this as disagreement or criticism but just perspective.

Nearly all my firearms are indeed weapons. I dont mince words, some are for shooting people and some for harvesting game. Some, very few, are for simple recreation (if hunting is a recreation for you that is fine but it is much more than that to me).

The latter two classes fall into the general class of "sporting goods", the former, are "arms" - that's what arms are; weapons, most specifically military weapons (see Miller Vs US). That is why there is a restriction on the governments right to restrict them in the Bill of Rights.

I suppose someone could make the difficult connect between my right to own sporting goods in some other ammendments and I would certainly support that, but I would not think it would win out in today's liberal courts.

So, if I am going to protect my rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happines... I am going to need weapons. Fortunately some wise old men in powdered wigs saw that coming.

Hope that does not sound like too much of a rant.

Best regards,

Riposte