ARs...Help Me Understand

[reelapeelin]

I have 5 guns...two hand guns and three shotguns...had I ever taken up deer hunting, there would be one or two deer rifles. Gun ownership I get. ..but haven't been able yet to wrap my head around the need to own an AR w/30 shot clips. I shot one recently and it is quite a nice weapon, but I just wouldn't care to own one.

I know several here do and that's cool...I'm not tryin' to be snide or anything...just trying to understand the need for private citizens to own these...I'm spending time fighting the very loud gun control people in my life right now and I have no defense for ownership of AR-type weapons...anybody wanna jump in here?

And please answer this from a personal perspective...let's not make an anti-Obama thing of this...it ain't a political question.