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Originally Posted by ThirdOfFive
Depends on who is doing the choosing, I guess.
AR-15s are chosen for one reason and one reason only; they've been so vilified in media that they've acquired the reputation as the total bada$$ gun of choice, and are thus picked by someone who, for whatever reason, wants his 15 minutes of fame (notoriety?) in media before he is either sent away for a VERY long time or is offed/offs himself during whatever process it is he had planned. But as firearms go they're not very efficient. Sure, you can squeeze off a lot of rounds, say 30 in as many seconds, but those bullets come out of the barrel one by one and each of those rounds have to be aimed to be efficient. If you're not trained in handling such a weapon there are going to be a lot more misses than hits.
Contrast that with, say, a 12-gauge open-choke shotgun holding eight rounds of ammo. That means that you send nearly a hundred 30-caliber balls downrange in probably half the time it takes Mr. Bada$$ to squeeze off 30. Trouble is, toting a shotgun around just doesn't have the same emotional impact as does an AR-15 style weapon.
Maybe we should be grateful for that.
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And none of that applies to the post saying that an AR-15 is not as deadly as a cannon or blunderbuss.
I also do agree that AR-15 has been glamorized in movies, cartoons, media, et al. And the makers advertiser it that way to youth. But, none of that changes that it is the weapon of choice for school shootings.