That could be said for plenty of things in this world. Not every firearm owner is crazy, a redneck, or all the above. You don't see the common hood rat toting around say a HK91 in full auto. You won't see Charley the crack dealer letting loose with his belt fed PKM when he does a drive by. The middle east thing did atleast make me laugh, since the shooting standard in Iraq is stick AK over wall, fire until empty, and repeat process. Yes the average person doesn't need a fully automatic weapon, but this is America last I checked, if we want, we can get. Why do you need a 500+ RWHP car? You can't legally do 180mph, so you don't need one. It's because you want one, and can own one. Again, common crimes aren't committed by those with Class 3 firearms, 95% some odd percent is cheap ass, throw away pistols.