Ironically, the best reason I can think of to own an assault weapon is to protect myself from those who would confiscate it. The efforts of our government to strip the citizens of this country of their right to protect themselves is against everything for which our founding fathers stood and sacrificed.

In a free society, the individual has the right to engage in any activity which does not infringe upon the rights of another, unduly imperil him, cause him harm or deprive him of his property. Our Constitution granted government the power and obligation to ensure that freedom and it gave individuals the obligation to enforce that covenant by its guarantee of a well armed citizenry. With the complicity of an apathetic public and under the guise of public safety and welfare, many powerful politicians have seen to it that the covenant is no longer enforceable by creating a disarmed constituency.

The imperial judges and self serving politicians of the past century have incessantly eroded the provisions of our Constitution to the point that the only rights we have left are those for which we, as individuals, are willing to fight and die.

I own a handgun. I own an assault weapon. When I die, I will still own those weapons. If, in the interim, agents of government attempt to deprive me of that right, I will be forced to surrender my ammunition first - one round at a time.