Less guns, less murders--- Care to dispute that?

[krispos42]

67. The fundamental problem is that...

... "war weapons" and "self-defense" weapons are really the same thing. I'm talking small-arms here.



Any gun that is good for defense is also good for offense.


And the characteristics that make a gun good for "war" are also, generally, just good things for guns to have in general.

Such as: reliability, accuracy, comfortable weight, fast handling, modest recoil, ease of use, non-glaring finish, corrosion-resistant finish, etc.

Protruding pistol grips and quick-adjusting stocks and flash-hiders also fall into that category.

Remember, despite the bells and whistles of an AR-15, it's still just a rifle. It's a platform for shooting .223 ammunition. And I think it's a little ridiculous to say "it's okay to have a rifle that can shoot .223, but it can't have certain secondary features".


The argument can be made, I suppose, to ban semi-automatic rifles as a class. But the 20-plus year battle on the issue has been to outlaw semi-automatic rifles ONLY IF they have too many secondary features. And that's just political pandering.

Of course, we have to remember that 60% or so of murders are done with handguns, while only about 5% are done with rifles of all kinds.