I spent sixteen months in prison, every minute in the fear that some joker would knock me
on the head and put his pecker up my butt! I guess I have the right to have a phobia.
In this case, wouldn't you agree that it moves out of 'irrational fear' into something a little clearer and more defined. Of course your case is an exception, but I'd be surprised if people couldn't understand your situation. Assuming you don't go around beating the **** out of gay people .

The constitution doesn't say you have freedom of speech only if they decide
that you need to say something. It also says "the right of the people to bear arms".
Arms means weapons, not just a deer rifle or a 22 cal pistol.
I understand your freedom of speech laws in the US. I also understand that your most high constitution says that the people have the right to bear arms. My question was why would a civilian ever need to be in possession of an M16. I'm not debating the validity of the ownership of the rifle under your constitution. With freedom of speech laws, I thought that one of the main points of them was to let the people speak out about the government without fear of retribution. Which is a good enough reason not to limit them (except for things like racism etc). What I'm looking for is a reason why someone should buy an M16. And not just the typical 'because they want to'.

Civilians in the US are not allowed to have M-16s unless by special license, could you have mistaken the firearm for the civilian non-automatic AR-15?
Yup, it was an M16 as anyone who has seen the movie can attest to. He was one of the guys in the militia style operation near the beginning of the movie. So I'm assuming he went to the trouble of getting a special license for a rifle which he has no legitimate reason for owning. I don't understand that, but then I'm not American.