I should think these stats would be enough for common sense to prevail. Apparently, on the right, common sense is in short supply.
View attachment 67262986
Adam Best on Twitter: "Poway: AR-15
Aurora: AR-15
Orlando: AR-15
Parkland: AR-15
Las Vegas: AR-15
Sandy Hook: AR-15
Waffle House: AR-15
San Bernardino: AR-15
Midland/Odessa: AR-15
Sutherland Springs: AR-15
Tree of Life Synagogue: AR-15"
There is a dynamic to this that the right is not capable of grasping, and that is the gun fetish culture that is driving assualts with the AR-15. These guns give gun fetishers erections, they
pose with them on the internet, even let their kids pose with them. Because during the ban these weapons
of war were not available, and given that other guns were available, as the stats prove, the boring hunting rifles were not used hardly at all. Why? Because these gun nuts are bored with boring looking and less than human efficient killing machine guns, they were not "inspired" to assault in mass shootings.
Banning then literally takes the wind out of the sails of the gun fetish crowd, of which these mass murderers are like viruses springing from this poisoned pond.
The right consistently argues that banning assault weapons will not reduce mass murderers, because those intent on killing masses of people will find other weapons.
A few will, but since most are inspired by these bad ass killing machines, the overall numbers will drop, as the assault gun fetishers will lose availability of their 'muse', and human lives will be saved. The stats prove it, there is no other explanation that I can think of.
Even if this explanation is pure conjecture, the stats prove that the ban will save lives. Just on the naked hard data alone, common sense is that they should be banned for civilian use.
How many assaults committed with fully automatic rifles ( not talking' bump stock ) ? Zero? Why? Fed regs put a lot of hurdles in the path of ownership of these weapons, and even
though they are not completely banned, acquiring them is expensive and difficult. in short, FED REGS WORK!!! Localized bans do not work. It's like a restaurant I once knew of, during the 90s, ( before the full on smoking ban) put a non smoking section consisting of one table, right in the center of the restaurant. I.e., localized banning is absurd, because the surrounding areas make it a moot point. Similarly, localized bans do not work. If banned in one state, crims can go to the adjacent state where they are not banned and acquire them. This is why FED REGs are the only way to achieve this so as to save lives.
No, we can't ban matches or cars, and IEDs, but we can ban weapons of war, and the public demands it.
Vote for dems during the next election, dems will do something about it. Repubs will not. They are beholden to gun manufacturers
