Letter: What is the purpose of military-style weapons?

What is the purpose of owning an AR-15 or similar weapons? Hunting? Protection from a home invader?

Given this weapon and similar other weapons with large clips, how many bullets does one need? Fifty? Sixty? Unlimited? Experts have said these weapons are weapons of war and should remain on the battlefield.

The Constitution protects the right to bear arms but nowhere does it say AR-15s are OK. You cannot own a machine gun, so clearly there are limits on what one can own. If you want to own such a weapon because it is your right, what about the rights of those killed by such weapons?

An assault weapon ban was in place from 1994 through 2004 and there was a marked reduction in mass shooting. If the real reason for owning such a weapon is to defend against the Deep State or to defend against government actions you disagree with, then you should avail yourself of mental heath services to address your paranoid delusional thinking.

William J. Filstead

Arlington Heights