Originally posted by nycflasher
We sure have gotten off-topic. Anyway...
reasons the average citizen shouldn't be able to own a tank:
1. Same reason you can't own a surface-to-air missile. These items are used for defense of our country, not play.
Well, that's the main one. All other reasons I can think of are related to that one.
And your reasons for wanting to own a tank or reasons for justifying such ownership?
What you use it for is up to you. I don't think what something is used for is what defines it. Some people think no one should own guns because they are used to kill people, yes that is one use of a gun, but it is not what a gun is. there are plenty of people that use guns soely for shooting targets, i.e. trapshooting.
Now, I would have to own an awful lot of land to shoot targets with a missle, true, unless some one created a missle range business similar to a trap range. The point is i'm not hurting anyone so what do you care?
You seem to be essentially arguing that people don't need tanks so they shouldn't have tanks. Liberals have said the same about the rich. they don't need all that money so they shouldn't have it.
The boat where people only acquire what they need sailed a long time ago.