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I specified "rifles," not firearms. Firearms kill more. ARs, AKs and all the firearms that fall into that statistical category of "rifles."
As for other methods, most of all I was mostly talking about mass murderers. Bombs and arson attacks have killed the most people in an attack, not counting 9-11. Think of what if the Vegas shooter - a pilot - had rented a 6 seat ordinary airplane, put a couple drums of gasoline and a hundred power bomb out of ordinary gun powder who can buy many stores with no ID or by mail - no ID required - putting it where the back seats were - and flying it at 150 mph at a 45 degree angle at the beginning of where thousands of people were at that concert - skidding thru them as an explosive fireball at over 100 mph? He would have killed hundreds instantly - no defense against it - maybe over 1000 and hundreds or maybe nearly all survivors in unthinkable pain from permanently and massively disfiguring 3rd degree burns.
Every time I hear of a mass shooter using something like an AR15 (a 22 caliber) I am glad that is what was used. Most will only be wounded and it would a tiny fraction of how many people a mass murderer could kill by other cheap and easy other ways - even can be easier and cheaper - plus for bombs and arson the mass murderer has an excellent chance of getting away and no one knowing who did it - plus no defense possible.
Good point.