I Can't Understand Why People Like Guns

Personally I detest them. However I understand and support hunters as long as it's about the desire to supply their own food. And to some extent I can understand the right to own a hand gun if you feel you need the protection. But one thing I will never understand is why anyone outside of the military should be allowed to own an assault rifle, a weapon made for the battlefield and designed to kill the maximum amount of people in a minimum amount of time. An assault rifle is not about personal protection, it's about an unhealthy attraction. It's not so much about the second amendment as an abuse of the second amendment and has no place in civilized society. And our Republican congress' refusal to ban them sends a loud clear message to me, the families of victims and the entire world that the rights of an individual to own a killing machine are more important than our lives are.