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Originally posted by Amanda:
I just can't figure out why people aren't yelling more about the need to AT LEAST ban assault weapons.

It's not equally about all guns.

I'd say at a rough guess that the ratio of deaths/injuries from an assault weapon compared to those from an "ordinary gun", are as much more lethal than ordinary funs are to knives.

Picturing the weapons in the hands of a hypothetical murderous lunatic motivated by the same violent impulse.

The type of gun makes a crucial difference.

And the gravity of the injuries, the difficulty in treating assault weapon injuries are immensely worse too. Not to mention using exploding bullets!

(Granted, there may be a special appeal in the planning stage,of that very ability to cause mass mayhem. May seem more "worth dying for". For that sick fame.)

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Originally posted by Piano*Dad:
And according to a GOP state representative from the Dayton area, THIS is why we have mass shootings: