"any possible reason why a person who’s not serving in the military in wartime, and who doesn’t intend to commit a mass killing of people or animals, needs an assault weapon of any kind, including such as the one used in Sunday’s mass shootings in Florida?"

Written by someone whom obviously has never been IN, nor even read about US Riots- such as the LA Riots, where Korean store owners and other Homeowners protected their property because the Police were Too occupied.