content: I'm not going to give you a hard time. Do you know how much an AR style rifle like that costs? Bare minimum $600. Usually they are in the $800 range. Each one of those hand guns would be at least $300 to $500. You don't really believe those guys legally purchased $1500 worth of guns to go do some home invasions do you? Edit: Also that "high powered military assault rifle"  is not military and not assault. Military has "select fire" which allows it to fire 1 round per trigger pull, 3 rounds per trigger pull, or full auto. These are not features available to the average civilian unless they have a class 3 FFL. What is more scary are the truly high powered hunting rifles. Rifles that shoot bullets larger than your thumb that can go through the wall of your house, you, your kid, your beer fridge, your back door, and gets stuck in your neighbors house. Those rounds are about $5 per shot and are shot from rifles that typically cost about $6k to $8k. Edit: Social progress: in 1776 the US declared it's independence from England. They came, they fought, they left, we won. Because our government dislikes our guns and wants to take them away, is the reason we should keep them. They are AFRAID. We have guns. We could revolt. Imagine millions of people taking up arms. This is what the government wants to avoid and it is the only thing the keeps them in line.