What is the republican solution to ending mass shootings? Why don’t they ever offer solutions?

[Skull Pilot]

You don't know what you are talking about, the majority of mass shootings are done with pistols......

If I took the total deaths from "Mass Shootings" by pistols for the last 10 years, all of them would not equal even one that an AR was used. Most "Mass Shootings" by a pistol deaths you can count on one hand. For most of the "Mass Shootings" where they used an AR you are going to have to count on both hands, both feet and drop your pants for the count and still not have enough.

ARs are used in less than 1% firearm violence in this country... You need to realize there are much larger fish to fry.

Lets look at mass shootings. Bury this among all firearm violence is dishonest.

No conflating mass shootings into a major factor in the murder rate is dishonest

The advantage of tne AR15 is highlighted in mass shootings.where the semi-automatic aspect with larger magazines & accuracy creates a higher death toll.

When reducing these death tolls, the banning on these assault type rifles makes sense.

Any semiautomatic rifle can take a 30 round magazine in fact before this recent round of control freak conniption fits 30 round mags were pretty much the standard.

And you still don't understand that ANY semiautomatic rifle like the kinds that have been available to civilians for over 100 years could be used instead of the AR do you?

 

[Rustic]

You don't know what you are talking about, the majority of mass shootings are done with pistols......

If I took the total deaths from "Mass Shootings" by pistols for the last 10 years, all of them would not equal even one that an AR was used. Most "Mass Shootings" by a pistol deaths you can count on one hand. For most of the "Mass Shootings" where they used an AR you are going to have to count on both hands, both feet and drop your pants for the count and still not have enough.

ARs are used in less than 1% firearm violence in this country... You need to realize there are much larger fish to fry.

Lets look at mass shootings. Bury this among all firearm violence is dishonest.

No conflating mass shootings into a major factor in the murder rate is dishonest

The advantage of tne AR15 is highlighted in mass shootings.where the semi-automatic aspect with larger magazines & accuracy creates a higher death toll.

When reducing these death tolls, the banning on these assault type rifles makes sense.

Lol
Na, not really
Your political correctness makes you fucking stupid in the head

 

[Skull Pilot]

It didn't rise until after the Ferguson effect went into play. Every expert on the gun ban stated it didn't do a lick of good, or are you only trying to solve mass murders and to hell with the 99% of other murders?

If you're talking about the number of mass shootings before during and after the assault weapons ban...you're lying.

Mass shootings declined during the ban and increased after it ended.

and not all mass shootings are committed with rifles

So

So why are you so obsessed with a rifle that is used in less than 1% of all murders?

 

[2aguy]

You don't know what you are talking about, the majority of mass shootings are done with pistols......

If I took the total deaths from "Mass Shootings" by pistols for the last 10 years, all of them would not equal even one that an AR was used. Most "Mass Shootings" by a pistol deaths you can count on one hand. For most of the "Mass Shootings" where they used an AR you are going to have to count on both hands, both feet and drop your pants for the count and still not have enough.

ARs are used in less than 1% firearm violence in this country... You need to realize there are much larger fish to fry.

Lets look at mass shootings. Bury this among all firearm violence is dishonest.

No conflating mass shootings into a major factor in the murder rate is dishonest

The advantage of tne AR15 is highlighted in mass shootings.where the semi-automatic aspect with larger magazines & accuracy creates a higher death toll.

When reducing these death tolls, the banning on these assault type rifles makes sense.

Wrong...again...

Parkland, AR-15, 18 dead....gun free zone, unarmed victims.

Crimea 2 weeks ago, 5 shot, pump action shotgun, 21 victims...gun free zone, unarmed victims. Older students even, college students not high school students.

 

[RealDave]

It didn't rise until after the Ferguson effect went into play. Every expert on the gun ban stated it didn't do a lick of good, or are you only trying to solve mass murders and to hell with the 99% of other murders?

If you're talking about the number of mass shootings before during and after the assault weapons ban...you're lying.

Mass shootings declined during the ban and increased after it ended.

So your claim here is that assault weapons make people want to kill as many people as possible; that without assault weapons, these people would just forget about their desire and lead productive lives?

How does an object have so much power? I never seen an inanimate object have the ability to turn normal everyday people into mass murderers. That's like saying your corner beverage store is responsible for making you an alcoholic.

Before and after the weapons ban, gun violence and all violence collectively went down until the Ferguson Effect mass murders aside.

Wow, what a stupid post.

1) An Assault type rifle is often chosen tio get the most kills
2) An Assault type weapon can give the shooter more confidence to even carry out the attack
3) The use of an assault type rifle can slow the response from security guards & police as they are outgunned.

The FACT is, mass shootings declined under the ban.

 

[2aguy]

You don't know what you are talking about, the majority of mass shootings are done with pistols......

If I took the total deaths from "Mass Shootings" by pistols for the last 10 years, all of them would not equal even one that an AR was used. Most "Mass Shootings" by a pistol deaths you can count on one hand. For most of the "Mass Shootings" where they used an AR you are going to have to count on both hands, both feet and drop your pants for the count and still not have enough.

ARs are used in less than 1% firearm violence in this country... You need to realize there are much larger fish to fry.

Lets look at mass shootings. Bury this among all firearm violence is dishonest.

No conflating mass shootings into a major factor in the murder rate is dishonest

The advantage of tne AR15 is highlighted in mass shootings.where the semi-automatic aspect with larger magazines & accuracy creates a higher death toll.

When reducing these death tolls, the banning on these assault type rifles makes sense.

Magazine capacity isn't the issue.....

SAGE Journals: Your gateway to world-class journal research

Large-Capacity Magazines and the Casualty Counts in Mass Shootings: The Plausibility of Linkages by Gary Kleck :: SSRN

Do bans on large-capacity magazines (LCMs) for semiautomatic firearms have significant potential for reducing the number of deaths and injuries in mass shootings?
The most common rationale for an effect of LCM use is that they allow mass killers to fire many rounds without reloading.
LCMs are used is less than 1/3 of 1% of mass shootings.
News accounts of 23 shootings in which more than six people were killed or wounded and LCMs were used, occurring in the U.S. in 1994-2013, were examined.
There was only one incident in which the shooter may have been stopped by bystander intervention when he tried to reload.


In all of these 23 incidents the shooter possessed either multiple guns or multiple magazines, meaning that the shooter, even if denied LCMs, could have continued firing without significant interruption by either switching loaded guns or by changing smaller loaded magazines with only a 2-4 second delay for each magazine change.
Finally, the data indicate that mass shooters maintain slow enough rates of fire such that the time needed to reload would not increase the time between shots and thus the time available for prospective victims to escape.

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We did not employ the oft-used definition of “mass murder” as a homicide in which four or more victims were killed, because most of these involve just four to six victims (Duwe 2007), which could therefore have involved as few as six rounds fired, a number that shooters using even ordinary revolvers are capable of firing without reloading.

LCMs obviously cannot help shooters who fire no more rounds than could be fired without LCMs, so the inclusion of “nonaffectable” cases with only four to six victims would dilute the sample, reducing the percent of sample incidents in which an LCM might have affected the number of casualties.

Further, had we studied only homicides with four or more dead victims, drawn from the FBI’s Supplementary Homicide Reports, we would have missed cases in which huge numbers of people were shot, and huge numbers of rounds were fired, but three or fewer of the victims died.


For example, in one widely publicized shooting carried out in Los Angeles on February 28, 1997, two bank robbers shot a total of 18 people - surely a mass shooting by any reasonable standard (Table 1).

Yet, because none of the people they shot died, this incident would not qualify as a mass murder (or even murder of any kind).

Exclusion of such incidents would bias the sample against the proposition that LCM use increases the number of victims by excluding incidents with large numbers of victims. We also excluded shootings in which more than six persons were shot over the entire course of the incident but shootings occurred in multiple locations with no more than six people shot in any one of the locations, and substantial periods of time intervened between episodes of shooting. An example is the series of killings committed by Rodrick Dantzler on July 7, 2011.

Once eligible incidents were identified, we searched through news accounts for details related to whether the use of LCMs could have influenced the casualty counts.

Specifically, we searched for

(1) the number of magazines in the shooter’s immediate possession,

(2) the capacity of the largest magazine,

(3) the number of guns in the shooter’s immediate possession during the incident,

(4) the types of guns possessed,

(5) whether the shooter reloaded during the incident,

(6) the number of rounds fired,

(7) the duration of the shooting from the first shot fired to the last, and (8) whether anyone intervened to stop the shooter.

Findings How Many Mass Shootings were Committed Using LCMs?

We identified 23 total incidents in which more than six people were shot at a single time and place in the U.S. from 1994 through 2013 and that were known to involve use of any magazines with capacities over ten rounds.


Table 1 summarizes key details of the LCMinvolved mass shootings relevant to the issues addressed in this paper.

(Table 1 about here) What fraction of all mass shootings involve LCMs?

There is no comprehensive listing of all mass shootings available for the entire 1994-2013 period, but the most extensive one currently available is at the Shootingtracker.com website, which only began its coverage in 2013.

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The offenders in LCM-involved mass shootings were also known to have reloaded during 14 of the 23 (61%) incidents with magazine holding over 10 rounds.

The shooters were known to have not reloaded in another two of these 20 incidents and it could not be determined if they reloaded in the remaining seven incidents.

Thus, even if the shooters had been denied LCMs, we know that most of them definitely would have been able to reload smaller detachable magazines without interference from bystanders since they in fact did change magazines.

The fact that this percentage is less than 100% should not, however, be interpreted to mean that the shooters were unable to reload in the other nine incidents.

It is possible that the shooters could also have reloaded in many of these nine shootings, but chose not to do so, or did not need to do so in order to fire all the rounds they wanted to fire. This is consistent with the fact that there has been at most only one mass shootings in twenty years in which reloading a semiautomatic firearm might have been blocked by bystanders intervening and thereby stopping the shooter from doing all the shooting he wanted to do. All we know is that in two incidents the shooter did not reload, and news accounts of seven other incidents did not mention whether the offender reloaded.

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For example, a story in the Hartford Courant about the Sandy Hook elementary school killings in 2012 was headlined “Shooter Paused, and Six Escaped,” the text asserting that as many as six children may have survived because the shooter paused to reload (December 23, 2012). ''

The author of the story, however, went on to concede that this was just a speculation by an unnamed source, and that it was also possible that some children simply escaped when the killer was shooting other children.

There was no reliable evidence that the pauses were due to the shooter reloading, rather than his guns jamming or the shooter simply choosing to pause his shooting while his gun was still loaded.

The plausibility of the “victims escape” rationale depends on the average rates of fire that shooters in mass shootings typically maintain.

If they fire very fast, the 2-4 seconds it takes to change box-type detachable magazines could produce a slowing of the rate of fire that the shooters otherwise would have maintained without the magazine changes, increasing the average time between rounds fired and potentially allowing more victims to escape during the betweenshot intervals.

On the other hand, if mass shooters fire their guns with the average interval between shots lasting more than 2-4 seconds, the pauses due to additional magazine changes would be no longer than the pauses the shooter typically took between shots even when not reloading.

In that case, there would be no more opportunity for potential victims to escape than there would have been without the additional magazine changes

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SAGE Journals: Your gateway to world-class journal research

In sum, in nearly all LCM-involved mass shootings, the time it takes to reload a detachable magazine is no greater than the average time between shots that the shooter takes anyway when not reloading.

Consequently, there is no affirmative evidence that reloading detachable magazines slows mass shooters’ rates of fire, and thus no affirmative evidence that the number of victims who could escape the killers due to additional pauses in the shooting is increased by the shooter’s need to change magazines.

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

You don't know what you are talking about, the majority of mass shootings are done with pistols......

If I took the total deaths from "Mass Shootings" by pistols for the last 10 years, all of them would not equal even one that an AR was used. Most "Mass Shootings" by a pistol deaths you can count on one hand. For most of the "Mass Shootings" where they used an AR you are going to have to count on both hands, both feet and drop your pants for the count and still not have enough.

ARs are used in less than 1% firearm violence in this country... You need to realize there are much larger fish to fry.

Lets look at mass shootings. Bury this among all firearm violence is dishonest.

No conflating mass shootings into a major factor in the murder rate is dishonest

The advantage of tne AR15 is highlighted in mass shootings.where the semi-automatic aspect with larger magazines & accuracy creates a higher death toll.

When reducing these death tolls, the banning on these assault type rifles makes sense.

It makes no sense. Changing a magazine on any gun does not take that long. Here is a video of how fast a magazine can be changed on a handgun; pay attention to the accuracy as well:

 

[2aguy]

It didn't rise until after the Ferguson effect went into play. Every expert on the gun ban stated it didn't do a lick of good, or are you only trying to solve mass murders and to hell with the 99% of other murders?

If you're talking about the number of mass shootings before during and after the assault weapons ban...you're lying.

Mass shootings declined during the ban and increased after it ended.

So your claim here is that assault weapons make people want to kill as many people as possible; that without assault weapons, these people would just forget about their desire and lead productive lives?

How does an object have so much power? I never seen an inanimate object have the ability to turn normal everyday people into mass murderers. That's like saying your corner beverage store is responsible for making you an alcoholic.

Before and after the weapons ban, gun violence and all violence collectively went down until the Ferguson Effect mass murders aside.

Wow, what a stupid post.

1) An Assault type rifle is often chosen tio get the most kills
2) An Assault type weapon can give the shooter more confidence to even carry out the attack
3) The use of an assault type rifle can slow the response from security guards & police as they are outgunned.

The FACT is, mass shootings declined under the ban.

Wrong on all counts..........

the most popular weapon is the hand gun......

Virginia Tech, 32 dead 2 pistols

Luby's cafe, 24 dead, 2 pistols

Sandy Hook, AR-15 26 dead ( he targeted the smallest students in the gun free zone which allowed him to kill more)

Parkland AR-15 18 dead.......

 

[RealDave]

It didn't rise until after the Ferguson effect went into play. Every expert on the gun ban stated it didn't do a lick of good, or are you only trying to solve mass murders and to hell with the 99% of other murders?

If you're talking about the number of mass shootings before during and after the assault weapons ban...you're lying.

Mass shootings declined during the ban and increased after it ended.

and not all mass shootings are committed with rifles

So

So why are you so obsessed with a rifle that is used in less than 1% of all murders?

We are talking about mass murders where innocent people are slaughtered.

Accorduing to you, we can't do anything about them because they represent a low percentage in the all gun violence statistics.

 

[Rustic]

It didn't rise until after the Ferguson effect went into play. Every expert on the gun ban stated it didn't do a lick of good, or are you only trying to solve mass murders and to hell with the 99% of other murders?

If you're talking about the number of mass shootings before during and after the assault weapons ban...you're lying.

Mass shootings declined during the ban and increased after it ended.

So your claim here is that assault weapons make people want to kill as many people as possible; that without assault weapons, these people would just forget about their desire and lead productive lives?

How does an object have so much power? I never seen an inanimate object have the ability to turn normal everyday people into mass murderers. That's like saying your corner beverage store is responsible for making you an alcoholic.

Before and after the weapons ban, gun violence and all violence collectively went down until the Ferguson Effect mass murders aside.

Wow, what a stupid post.

1) An Assault type rifle is often chosen tio get the most kills
2) An Assault type weapon can give the shooter more confidence to even carry out the attack
3) The use of an assault type rifle can slow the response from security guards & police as they are outgunned.

The FACT is, mass shootings declined under the ban.

Lol
ARs are not so called “assault weapons” they are just sporting rifles... Incapable of passing military muster.

Crazy people do not obey frivolous gun control laws or any laws for that matter...

 

[Rustic]

It didn't rise until after the Ferguson effect went into play. Every expert on the gun ban stated it didn't do a lick of good, or are you only trying to solve mass murders and to hell with the 99% of other murders?

If you're talking about the number of mass shootings before during and after the assault weapons ban...you're lying.

Mass shootings declined during the ban and increased after it ended.

and not all mass shootings are committed with rifles

So

So why are you so obsessed with a rifle that is used in less than 1% of all murders?

We are talking about mass murders where innocent people are slaughtered.

Accorduing to you, we can't do anything about them because they represent a low percentage in the all gun violence statistics.

Frivolous gun control laws will do nothing, except give you fuck ups the illusion of control

 

[RealDave]

If I took the total deaths from "Mass Shootings" by pistols for the last 10 years, all of them would not equal even one that an AR was used. Most "Mass Shootings" by a pistol deaths you can count on one hand. For most of the "Mass Shootings" where they used an AR you are going to have to count on both hands, both feet and drop your pants for the count and still not have enough.

ARs are used in less than 1% firearm violence in this country... You need to realize there are much larger fish to fry.

Lets look at mass shootings. Bury this among all firearm violence is dishonest.

No conflating mass shootings into a major factor in the murder rate is dishonest

The advantage of tne AR15 is highlighted in mass shootings.where the semi-automatic aspect with larger magazines & accuracy creates a higher death toll.

When reducing these death tolls, the banning on these assault type rifles makes sense.

It makes no sense. Changing a magazine on any gun does not take that long. Here is a video of how fast a magazine can be changed on a handgun; pay attention to the accuracy as well:

If they are equivalent to the AR-15 then why do you need them?

 

[2aguy]

It didn't rise until after the Ferguson effect went into play. Every expert on the gun ban stated it didn't do a lick of good, or are you only trying to solve mass murders and to hell with the 99% of other murders?

If you're talking about the number of mass shootings before during and after the assault weapons ban...you're lying.

Mass shootings declined during the ban and increased after it ended.

So your claim here is that assault weapons make people want to kill as many people as possible; that without assault weapons, these people would just forget about their desire and lead productive lives?

How does an object have so much power? I never seen an inanimate object have the ability to turn normal everyday people into mass murderers. That's like saying your corner beverage store is responsible for making you an alcoholic.

Before and after the weapons ban, gun violence and all violence collectively went down until the Ferguson Effect mass murders aside.

Wow, what a stupid post.

1) An Assault type rifle is often chosen tio get the most kills
2) An Assault type weapon can give the shooter more confidence to even carry out the attack
3) The use of an assault type rifle can slow the response from security guards & police as they are outgunned.

The FACT is, mass shootings declined under the ban.

The FACT is, mass shootings declined under the ban


You don't know what you are talking about...actual research stated the Assault Weapon ban had no effect on crime or mass shootings.....

And here.....the number of mass shootings by year....There is no data that supports what you posted....you are making it up as you go...

US Mass Shootings, 1982-2015: Data From Mother Jones' Investigation


2017: 11 ( 5 according to the old standard)

2016....6

2015....4 ( obama's new standard....7)

2014....2 (4)

2013....5

2012....7

2011....3

2010....1

2009....4

2008....3

2007....4

2006....3

2005...2

2004....1

2003...1

2002 not listed so more than likely 0

2001....1

2000....1

1999....5

1998...3

1997....2

1996....1

1995...1

1994...1

1993...4

1992...2

1991...3

1990...1

1989...2

1988....1

1987...1

1986...1

 

[Rustic]

If I took the total deaths from "Mass Shootings" by pistols for the last 10 years, all of them would not equal even one that an AR was used. Most "Mass Shootings" by a pistol deaths you can count on one hand. For most of the "Mass Shootings" where they used an AR you are going to have to count on both hands, both feet and drop your pants for the count and still not have enough.

ARs are used in less than 1% firearm violence in this country... You need to realize there are much larger fish to fry.

Lets look at mass shootings. Bury this among all firearm violence is dishonest.

No conflating mass shootings into a major factor in the murder rate is dishonest

The advantage of tne AR15 is highlighted in mass shootings.where the semi-automatic aspect with larger magazines & accuracy creates a higher death toll.

When reducing these death tolls, the banning on these assault type rifles makes sense.

It makes no sense. Changing a magazine on any gun does not take that long. Here is a video of how fast a magazine can be changed on a handgun; pay attention to the accuracy as well:

...and a trained Person with a handgun Will always get the drop on someone with rifle in close quarters... every time.

Progressives do not know anything about firearms to begin with… That is why they’re always talking out of their ass with emotion

 

[sparky]

Firearms have never been the problem… We have no criminal control...

 

[RealDave]

It didn't rise until after the Ferguson effect went into play. Every expert on the gun ban stated it didn't do a lick of good, or are you only trying to solve mass murders and to hell with the 99% of other murders?

If you're talking about the number of mass shootings before during and after the assault weapons ban...you're lying.

Mass shootings declined during the ban and increased after it ended.

So your claim here is that assault weapons make people want to kill as many people as possible; that without assault weapons, these people would just forget about their desire and lead productive lives?

How does an object have so much power? I never seen an inanimate object have the ability to turn normal everyday people into mass murderers. That's like saying your corner beverage store is responsible for making you an alcoholic.

Before and after the weapons ban, gun violence and all violence collectively went down until the Ferguson Effect mass murders aside.

Wow, what a stupid post.

1) An Assault type rifle is often chosen tio get the most kills
2) An Assault type weapon can give the shooter more confidence to even carry out the attack
3) The use of an assault type rifle can slow the response from security guards & police as they are outgunned.

The FACT is, mass shootings declined under the ban.

Lol
ARs are not so called “assault weapons” they are just sporting rifles... Incapable of passing military muster.

Crazy people do not obey frivolous gun control laws or any laws for that matter...

Oh not this stupid fucking excuse again.

We had an assault weapon ban. We all know what guns are being discussed.

 

[Rustic]

ARs are used in less than 1% firearm violence in this country... You need to realize there are much larger fish to fry.

Lets look at mass shootings. Bury this among all firearm violence is dishonest.

No conflating mass shootings into a major factor in the murder rate is dishonest

The advantage of tne AR15 is highlighted in mass shootings.where the semi-automatic aspect with larger magazines & accuracy creates a higher death toll.

When reducing these death tolls, the banning on these assault type rifles makes sense.

It makes no sense. Changing a magazine on any gun does not take that long. Here is a video of how fast a magazine can be changed on a handgun; pay attention to the accuracy as well:

If they are equivalent to the AR-15 then why do you need them?

Lol
Firearm ownership is a personal thing… None of your fucking business… And certainly none of the federal government business. Your political correctness makes you talk like a fucking retard

 

[RealDave]

ARs are used in less than 1% firearm violence in this country... You need to realize there are much larger fish to fry.

Lets look at mass shootings. Bury this among all firearm violence is dishonest.

No conflating mass shootings into a major factor in the murder rate is dishonest

The advantage of tne AR15 is highlighted in mass shootings.where the semi-automatic aspect with larger magazines & accuracy creates a higher death toll.

When reducing these death tolls, the banning on these assault type rifles makes sense.

It makes no sense. Changing a magazine on any gun does not take that long. Here is a video of how fast a magazine can be changed on a handgun; pay attention to the accuracy as well:

...and a trained Person with a handgun Will always get the drop on someone with rifle in close quarters... every time.

Progressives do not know anything about firearms to begin with… That is why they’re always talking out of their ass with emotion

I guarantee I own more guns than you do.

 

[Lesh]

He probably knows. The AR15 IS a rapid fire weapon. Even with just semi auto. It came into being as the AR-15 Model 601 and has seen a ton of battles in Combat. There is little difference between the AR-15 Model 760 and the AR-15 Model 601. That means that there is little difference between the modern AR-15 and it's clones and the M-4. It has features to help a scared shitless skinny young kid carry it for long periods of time and put a lot of lead into the enemy. The normal operation of the M-4 is semi auto and that means it's so close to the AR-15 model 760 there isn't enough to argue about. Yet, you do argue.

The first thing that we have to do to stop the mass shootings of today is to get rid of the AR Cult. And you demonstrate why each and every time you post.

one shot per trigger pull is not rapid fire

There you go again. One shot per trigger pull. A non bump stock AR-15 might have trouble making 120 rounds a minute. But with a bump stock, it does many times that amount. That means that it IS a MG. You can keep going on like this but you are just digging yourself deeper.

Lol
Dip shit, Ar15’s are not military grade... And they do not shoot off hundreds of rounds a minute… Because they are not military grade... see epic failure

8 minutes of near continuous machine gun firing....and how many hundreds (thousands?) of rounds?

I don't know what you think you proved there genius but Paduch managed quite well in Vegas.

FIVE HUNDRED people shot in minutes

Lol
Somewhere around 300 rds = epic failure
Hardly an impressive firearm....

So you provide a video of an AR failing after 300 rounds (so you say) in 8 minutes...how'd the Vegas shooter manage 500 victims (plus a LOT of misses) in a very short period with no failure....

 

[2aguy]

It didn't rise until after the Ferguson effect went into play. Every expert on the gun ban stated it didn't do a lick of good, or are you only trying to solve mass murders and to hell with the 99% of other murders?

If you're talking about the number of mass shootings before during and after the assault weapons ban...you're lying.

Mass shootings declined during the ban and increased after it ended.

So your claim here is that assault weapons make people want to kill as many people as possible; that without assault weapons, these people would just forget about their desire and lead productive lives?

How does an object have so much power? I never seen an inanimate object have the ability to turn normal everyday people into mass murderers. That's like saying your corner beverage store is responsible for making you an alcoholic.

Before and after the weapons ban, gun violence and all violence collectively went down until the Ferguson Effect mass murders aside.

Wow, what a stupid post.

1) An Assault type rifle is often chosen tio get the most kills
2) An Assault type weapon can give the shooter more confidence to even carry out the attack
3) The use of an assault type rifle can slow the response from security guards & police as they are outgunned.

The FACT is, mass shootings declined under the ban.

Here....this research shows you don't know what you are talking about...

https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/204431.pdf

The decline in the use of AWs has been due primarily to a reduction in the use of assault pistols (APs), which are used in crime more commonly than assault rifles (ARs).
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Should it be renewed, the ban’s effects on gun violence are likely to be small at best and perhaps too small for reliable measurement. AWs were rarely used in gun crimes even before the ban. LCMs are involved in a more substantial share of gun crimes, but it is not clear how often the outcomes of gun attacks depend on the ability of offenders to fire more than ten shots (the current magazine capacity limit) without reloading.