since the people you know own class three firearms, how many have done something illegal with them, actually how many class three firearms have been used in a crime since they were banned?
an m4 or m16 firing 1000 rounds a minute? When you say things of that nature it leads me to believe you haven't educated yourself on the subject and it is hard for me to listen to what you are saying seriously and you are just knee jerk reacting to what is going on in the news.
Serious question, what is a "laid out" m16
So I don't know what I would use for home defense, but an ar could be used just as well as a shotgun or pistol, why wouldn't I want more rounds in what I was betting my life on in a situation.
I have raced on the street and I shoot the guns everyone is demonizing. The similarities are there between both in the ways people defend, or attack either. The defenses people use are the same. To call people stupid really shows you are just acting on emotions and not thinking.
If you want to educate yourself on the actual numbers let me know I can recommend some absolutely hard books to read, but the information is good to know. I forced myself to read them even though they were awful to read