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Originally Posted by Sarah_W

Wrong. 75-77% of mass shootings in the US are done with handguns, not semi-automatic rifles.

• Guns used in mass shootings U.S. 2021 | Statista

Yes, that is true. But, the AR-15 is still the weapon of choice by the most hard-core mass murderers. They can kill from a protective distance with rifles as opposed to pistols which put them closer to their target. We both know that with iron sights a rifle has a longer sight radius than a pistol so the rifle is very much more accurate in an average shooter's hands Also, a rifle gives a steadier 2-hand hold than a pistol for increased accuracy.
The statistics that you quoted merely means that pistols are more available in the home than are rifles. Statistics can be misleading. But, the rifle is a superior killing tool to the pistol for attacking crowds of people. And obviously, if pistols were better at mass murder, then the armies of the world would carry only pistols, not rifles.