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> There is nothing specific to semi-automatic rifles that make them deadlier in a school or grocery store. I would say that the ability to spray bullets in fro
by manuelabeledo 4y ago
> There is nothing specific to semi-automatic rifles that make them deadlier in a school or grocery store.
I would say that the ability to spray bullets in front of several people, makes them deadlier.
The Las Vegas massacre wouldn't have happened if it weren't for it.
- jaywalk 4y agoI don't even know what "ability to spray bullets in front of several people" means, but the Las Vegas massacre didn't happen in a school or grocery store so it's entirely irrelevant to the point I was making.
- manuelabeledo 4y ago> I don't even know what "ability to spray bullets in front of several people" means... It means that, evidently, one could shoot more people with a semi-automatic rifle than with a handgun. > ... but the Las Vegas massacre didn't happen in a school or grocery store so it's entirely irrelevant to the point I was making. It's irrelevant only if you think that gun violence has a larger impact than gun killings. In my original comment, I argued about gun killings.
- jaywalk 4y agoCall it whatever you want, but the fact remains that the vast majority of gun killings are done with handguns. Yes, you can point to certain events (like Las Vegas) that would only be possible with a rifle, but it still doesn't change the numbers.