Don't call it an assault weapon.

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40. The 707 HP Hellcat Hemi is also...

...not the hennessey venom gt. So to continue the analogy, the Nissan GTR has a V6 and a better 0-60 time but not as powerful as the Hellcat. Enough car stuff.

What we need to understand and agree on is that different stocks be they wood, plastic or folding metal do not change how deadly the rifle is. A pistol grip is not more deadly than soup ladle. A bayonet lug makes the rifle marginally more deadly if it actually has a bayonet attached.

IMHO the single factor that will affect how deadly your terrorist type attack will be when using a gun, is your choice of venue. Places with a high concentration of unarmed folks with little experience can be deathtraps. Places with people jammed together, places with limited egress, places where visibility may be low, loud places... these are places the mass shooter can do the most damage.

After venue, the next thing a shooter might do to make his bow out more deadly is maybe to chose hollow point ammo with no metal jacket. That presumes he can hit something shooting which brings me to another key aspect, practice. Practice everything. Practice changing mags. Practice shooting short range. Practice holding the gun correctly. Practice switching the safety on and off.

To minimize that kind of damage we could limit availability of hollow point jacketless ammo and add well trained armed security to these venues. Other than that, if an individual with resources, patience and determination wants to kill you or a bunch of people, there's not much to stop him.