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Mr Khan said:

And what threatens Ms Smith to the degree that she needs high levels of continuous fire?

The only thing that line of thought could lead into is the line that everyone needs all kinds of weapons for fear that somebody else could have them, and then there goes society.

I'm willing to concede that, in the short term and before there is a viable alternative, some people may need some sort of firearm, but nothing more than what is necessary to ward off an intruder or at least keep them pinned down until the police can arrive. Hell, i'd even be willing to concede matters of target practice, but even then, high-capacity clips have no good reason for existence.

Things which are benevolent or benign are welcome in free societies. Things inherently malignant are not.

Maybe because she runs a watch shop in West L.A. like Lance Thomas did, being held up on a nearly daily basis and having to kill five armed robbers in shootouts over a three year period? Maybe because every bullet doesn't connect, and in such situations a determined attacker can absorb a ridiculous amount of rounds before going down? Why should some anti-gun piss pants get a veto over her safety?

And you have an exceedingly strange definition of a free society.