>> wolf, i find that counterargument persuasive. i think most people do, actually. the idea that you can be 18 and buy an ar-15, i mean putting aside the question of whether anybody should be able to buy an ar-15, remember, for ten years in this country from 1994 to 2004, assault weapons were illegal in this country. you know what, the country didn't fall apart. the second amendment didn't disappear. but once the republicans were in charge, they revoked the brady bill and now everybody can get an assault weapon and we see the wonderful paradise we live in. >> what jeffrey points out is the misleading nature of that rt statement that you read from the nra. they talk about rifles and shotguns. they didn't specify ar-15s. they have a strong argument when it comes to handguns or shotguns for home defense or traditional hunting rifles for hunting. but why does anyone, let alone an 18-year-old or 20-year-old need an ar-15 for regular