Why Americans like rapid firing rifles so much? Because of personal defense or fear of tyranny?

I'm not talking about the little guns that you can hide in the glove box but those big ones that you have to hold with both hands. Why do you need them?

If its for personal defense, you're an idiot and if your entire defense strategy depends on having a big gun that can shoot lots if bullets quickly, you are missing chromosomes and are not responsible enough to have such a weapon.

If its because you're scared of tyranny, if I was some kind of dictator, I'd want you to have lots of guns simply because I could then send in my army with helicopters and long range weaponry.

When the constitution was written, guns were primitive compared to today. You couldn't go into a class room and kill 30 children in less than a minute with one. Also, the English were a problem back then but these days the English don't want to be in charge of USA. Seriously, if you offered us your country, we wouldn't want it.