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Originally Posted by Number 10 GI

I think one of the reasons the AR15 is used so often is because the media and anti-gun zealots have portrayed it as the ultimate, most death dealing weapon in the history of firearms. In the close quarters of school rooms, a 12 gauge shotgun loaded with 00 Buck Shot will wreak far more destruction. Do you remember this mass shooting?

The Washington Navy Yard shooting occurred on September 16, 2013, when 34-year-old Aaron Alexis fatally shot 12 people and injured three others in a mass shooting at the headquarters of the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) inside the Washington Navy Yard in southeast Washington, D.C. The attack took place in the Navy Yard's Building 197; it began around 8:16 a.m. EDT and ended when police killed Alexis around 9:25 a.m. It is the deadliest mass shooting in Washington, D.C. history, as well as the second deadliest mass murder on a U.S. military base, behind the 2009 Fort Hood shooting.

You can read the whole story here: Washington Navy Yard shooting - Wikipedia

The murderer used a 12 gauge shotgun.

Yes, the AR15 is an efficient killing implement, but so are all other centerfire cartridge rifles. Yes, the AR15 is a weapon of war, but nearly every rifle ever made has been used as a weapon of war.
I'm going to keep harping on the fact that we have a violence problem in this country. Why is this not the primary topic of concern in this country? Too many people don't want to talk about it because it will require complicated, expensive and possibly controversial actions to fix the problem. It's much easier to blame an inanimate object for the weak minded to embrace as the cure-all, taking the pressure off gutless politicians.

Thank you, well stated.