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The mentally ill are usually the targets of violence and not those who do it.

Originally Posted by Blueblaze

We had no problem outlawing lunatics for 200 years before they emptied the asylums -- and then we started having monthly mass-murder events. It's called cause-and-effect. In fact, we had semi-automatic rifles with large magazine for 100 of those years, without mass-murder events.

It has been illegal for lunatics to have access to weapons for as long as there have been lunatics and weapons. Turns out, much like thugs and bank robbers, lunatics tend to ignore the law when they go off their nut.

The only people your laws impact are the people who obey the law. They aren't the ones shooting up grade schools, so why do you want to confiscate their constitutional rights?

Its simple math. There are about 400 million semi-automatic weapons in circulation, and only about 10,000 lunatics. Much easier to lock up the lunatics than to confiscate 400 million guns from law-abiding citizens, who you will soon discover will simply ignore your unconstitutional law.