LTE: AR-15's history shows its connection to military weapons

[James48]

3. Actually, you wrote some misinformation there.

you claim the AR-15 round (I presume you mean the .223/5.56mm round) “…are used in the vast majority of mass murders in our country.”

Actually, there are more handguns used for mass murders than AR-15’s. The leading round is a 9mm round, not a 5.56mm round.

Reference: https://nij.ojp.gov/topics/articles/public-mass-shootings-database-amasses-details-half-century-us-mass-shootings

I’m in favor of raising the age of ownership of an AR-15 from 18 to 21- or more. Personally I’d love to see a “graduated license “ system, where somebody needs three years of experience with a bolt action rifle to upgrade to a pump or lever action, and an additional two years with that before they qualify for a semi-auto center fire rifle. Basically that would mean at LEAST 23 years old to obtain a semi-auto. I’d be ok if the age was 30. But that’s me.