What I am saying is that although such speculations may even seem like common sense, they have been disproven by contact with reality. (Edit: to add, small weap

What I am saying is that although such speculations may even seem like common sense, they have been disproven by contact with reality. (Edit: to add, small weapons are much easier to conceal than a long gun like a rifle or shotgun, and are therefore vastly better for the majority of criminals to use. Homicides from mass shootings are relatively rare and are an example where concealing the weapon isn’t necessarily needed, so large weapons like rifles are a bit more represented there). Edit 2: I guess I would just add again, yes a .22 caliber bullet is smaller and has less impact than a rifle bullet, however, pistols and handguns do kill and are constantly used. Reloading does not take long and even revolvers have “speed loaders”. Range does not matter for the majority of these mass shootings are committed at close range. Here is an example of “small pistols” that were in the top 10 most used guns by criminals. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday_night_special https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday_night_special > Nonetheless, three of the top ten types of guns involved in crime (as represented by police trace requests[4]) in the US are widely considered to be Saturday night specials; as reported by the ATF in 1993, these included the Raven Arms .25 caliber, Davis P-380 .380 caliber, and Lorcin L 380 .380 caliber