We can say any scenario is far fetched but I’m not going to judge someone based on their wanting to prepare. Personally, I think the greatest risk (and justification), would occur in the event of our power grid being shut down for 2-3 weeks.
Sure, but I think you'd agree that a fully automatic weapon would be more effective there, right?
So we've already acknowledged that there are limits on what we can use for self defense for likely and unlikely scenarios.
There are valid opinions and disagreements on where that line should be between legal and illegal. Hunters and ranchers could have other options that weren't designed to kill people quickly as the AR-15 was.
As I've said though, I think it's too late to do anything about it now.
