.....I just don't see point in civilians having access to assault weapons...Why else would you need a gun, specifically an assault weapon of that capacity? I'm not against people protecting themselves or their property...
Like Mobbin stated before, any time you assault another person with an object, that object becomes an assault weapon.
In DC vs. Heller, the Supreme Court specifically tied the right to self defense as a NATURAL right and protected by the Second Amendment.
In US vs Miller, they ruled in favor of the right to weapon protection of those "in common use." An "assault weapon" you speak of is only a semi-automatic weapon like a handgun, and happens to fall under common use. You have to have a Class III to possess an automatic.
Are you aware of the prohibitions of a felon or mentally ill person possessing a weapon? So, if they already have laws on the books that they are failing to uphold, then is that not the actual problem? Instead of fixing or utilizing the laws intact, you want them to create more laws? That is the definition of insanity.