> "By this time I know better than to waste my effort trying to make Americans see why guns really are a problem," > "assault rifles" Maybe part of your probl

> "By this time I know better than to waste my effort trying to make Americans see why guns really are a problem," > "assault rifles" Maybe part of your problem is that you are not particularly informed when it comes to gun laws and crimes committed with guns in the US. Americans, who are familiar with both, immediately notice your ignorance and tune out whatever you are saying. Assault rifles in the US are heavily regulated at the federal level (as are all other automatic weapons). Since 1934, there have only been two murders with legally owned automatic weapons. One was in 1988 (the murderer was a cop^), the other was in 1992. In neither case was the machine gun an assault rifle (both were machine pistols). To put this in perspective, there are hundreds of thousands of legally owned machine guns in the US. Legally owned assault rifles simply are not a problem for America. ^ Worth noting since law enforcement are are still allowed to purchase new automatic weapons, while other American civilians are not.