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In reply to the discussion: They cannot identify most of the dead from last night's slaughter [View all]SunSeeker
(57,018 posts)And you are wrong. Assault rifles are uniquely lethal, whether it is the AR-15 or any other copy-cat semiautomatic assault rifle. They are efficient, lightweight weapons of war that allow use of high capacity magazines that fire massive amounts of rounds in seconds at high velocity that tumble when they hit the body, turning it to hamburger. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/interactive/2023/ar-15-damage-to-human-body/
They have acquired a "menacing reputation" because they ARE menacing, for fuck's sake. Yes, all guns and rifles kill, but assault rifles are designed to pulverize a whole battlefield of soldiers in seconds, yet we're letting the deranged among us buy them to pulverize a bowling alley of teens on Youth Night.
Assault rifle apologia on DU, of all places, it is really nauseating.
There is no legitimate reason for a civilian to own an assault rifle. Find a better hobby.