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Originally Posted by Sarah_W
Your theory has already been debunked. A simple Google search would show you the weapon of choice for mass shooters and school shooters is a semi-auto handgun, NOT the AR platform that seems to scare the bejesus out of you. Since I know your Google Fu is top notch then must assume it was just laziness on your part, or a poor assumption as I did previously.
This killer in Uvalde locked himself in a classroom and killed the two adults and 19 children in that classroom. He did not need an AR to accomplish the same task. He could have used a 12 ga. pump shotgun and still massacred the same 21 victims in under 2 or 3 minutes. Whether you kill 21 people in 1 minute or 2 minutes the outcome is the same. As long as nobody engages the killer, the killing will continue until he is out of ammunition, offs himself, or someone else stops him. Unarmed victims will NEVER be able to stop an armed killer.
Ban AR's and determined killers will choose another weapon and achieve the same infamy they seek.
The percentage of households with firearms has been decreasing since 1972 when the data began to be collected. Simple logic dictates as our population increases the number of firearms will increase. The percentage of ownership however is decreasing.
Also, guns have been in common use in our country for over 300 years. But for the past 30 years we suddenly have a problem. Why?
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I find fault with 2 of the statements. Unarmed victims DO often find ways to disable the shooter. Recently, in California, a shooter locked a door of a church in an Asian community. A clergy member hit him with a chair and captured him.
........My opinion is to SLOW DOWN the rate of fire of the mass murderer by making him reload small capacity magazines (like 5 rounds) - that gives people nearby time to throw rocks, or other objects at him and/or make their escape. I would sell only bolt-action rifles and pistols. Australia did that and it has prevented THEIR mass murders. Australia and New Zealand did NOT suddenly get taken over by criminals or commie leftists. It WOULD work in the US.
.........And things are very different today in the US than in the past. The last 2 years have seen a 30% increase in US civilian GUN ownership - these are not hunting and target guns. I have written my opinion as to the reason for this increase in my past posts. This IS a DRASTIC CHANGE that can't be ignored.