Sorry, no fear or ignorance Mr. narrow mind. You don't know me or my history so ask a question before you start spouting BS about me. People like you are part of the problem because you don't even operate under logic. All you preach is presumptuous nonsense. By your idea we should all have our own RPG's and other fun toys, right?
But tell me, as fun as an AK is to shoot, my mom had one for a while so I know, what the hell business does any of us have with them? Ok, we should be able to have the things we want, I do for sure, but where in fact is the line?
The reason I wrote my first post is how ironic it seemed that nutbag had what he needed to be a real problem to the police he surprised on his front door step and the ensuing aftermath.
Possibly, for someone like him, illegal means of acquiring these things may have made the slight difference needed, say if he could have only legally bought hand guns or a hunting rifle, not a full on AK47, etc. Most criminals are relatively lazy and when it takes too much work to do this or that, it is simply a deterant. So, yes, it is quite possible that if what he had access to weren't so easy, it might have been quite a different outcome. Access can also mean, much better control by means of higher qualifications to by such weapons, age, training, whatever makes sense to reduce the likeliness of such an occurance. This guy was apparently too loose for the Marine Corps so one would think there could have simply been a little flag risen - no of course not, that's too private. The old rules and ways don't work any more - the gun seller in the town that knows so and so is a little off might not sell him something "inappropriate" because in that case, the seller is part of the community that he also cares about. These types of checks and balances no longer exist so things are bound to go awry here and there without other measures.
So, is there a line and if so, where can it make sense to be drawn? I mean seriously, it must be cool as hell to launch an rpg or maybe a mortar or set mines in your drive way or whatever you can come up with, why not also mount them in our bumpers just in case someone is chasing us? Where is the line, bombs, rockets, ooh, flamethrowers would be awesome for chasing off burglars.
So, please don't talk about fear until you are ready to see things with an open mind.