Florida: Man shot dead at Edison Mall

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[div class='excerpt']How maneuverable would an AK or an AR-15 be in a narrow hallway. Should everyone just start buying MP5's and and Uzi's?

A short AR-15 pistol is accurate, powerful, and manageable, while not having a round so large as to over-penetrate house walls.

[div class='excerpt']Also, nowhere in that article do I read that he ran out of ammunition. Could you please quote exactly where that is because I'm not seeing it.

I'll find the other article mentioning it- it was local for me, so it was covered by a couple of different stations.

[div class='excerpt'] I think my source indicates quite well that "someone in your home is more likely to be shot and possibly killed than that the gun will be used to thwart a home invasion."

You were combining two separate events whose purported probability was compared to each other into one event combining both scenarios. If you can't see the stupidity in that- I can't help you.

[div class='excerpt']The whole argument that more guns means more safety is ludicrous - where are all of these home invaders getting their guns and why is it a persistent sociological problem? They're illegally obtaining your guns and using them against you!

That's another straw man argument. You might want to address the words I actually write. The farthest I'd say is that more guns does not mean more crime or more violence- that's a fact easily backed up by measured statistics, not predictive studies. (Empiric reality trumps predictive bullshit for the win.)

[div class='excerpt']Home invasions are very rarely random attacks; these criminals are attacking with a purpose.

Who said they were random? *looks around*

In the neighborhood I mention above, there have been a dozen or so home invasions- it just happens to be an upper-middle class neighborhood that's close to the interstate.

[div class='excerpt']You're just making my point that these types of weapons are only common because they're legal for sale, without them, most people don't buy them - they still to my knowledge represent a small percentage of gun ownership with possession of handguns, shotguns, and hunting rifles being far more common historically. The Thompson sub-machine gun was not the weapon of choice before they were banned from sale in 1934:

And the toothpaste is out of the tube for the guns & magazines previously covered by the so-called AWB. You can't put it back in. They're commonly used for lawful purposes. You knowledge about what guns are popular seems to be out of date- go talk to a local gun shop owner. Springfield XDs, Glocks, etc (holding magazines with 11-18 rounds depending on caliber) are hot sellers, as are AR-15 / AK clones with 30-40 round magazines. Hell, even *during* the so-called ban, AR-15's were selling like hotcakes-