Rigby5
Diamond Member
Jesus dude. At least have some idea what you are talking about. Vegas WAS an AR .The dozens killed in Sandy Hook, Parkland, Vegas, and numerous other places would disagreeNor is an AR-15 remotely unusual, hazardous to others, or any other rational as to why it could be in any way restricted from average people.
Wrong.
First of all the Vegas shooting was not an AR, but a full auto M-4.
Second is that there are many more deadly weapons that will always be legal, like a person can kill far more with just a pair of Glock 21 pistols.
Even a pump shotgun is more deadly than an AR.
The fact ARs are so commonly used is not because they are more deadly but just because they are more common.
And a pump shotgun without a detachable mag holds only six shots and has to be reloaded shell by shell
The Vegas mass shooting was at full auto rates of fire.
That normally can not be done with an AR.
You are correct an AR was used, but it was the BUMP STOCK that allowed it to be such a high rate of fire.
An AR by itself can not achieve that rate of fire.
{... The incident is the deadliest mass shooting committed by an individual in modern United States history. It focused attention on firearms laws in the U.S., particularly with regard to bump stocks, which Paddock used to fire shots in rapid succession, at a rate of fire similar to automatic weapons.[4] As a result, bump stocks were banned by the U.S. Justice Department in December 2018, with the regulation in effect as of March 2019. ...}
As to a pump shotgun, they are available with detachable magazines, and in fact the tubular magazine can be extended as long as you want. The point though is that each shot can contain over 20 lethal pellets or so, which makes is a much higher rate of fire than any AR.