1) So you thionk other wea[omns atre better thsan assault rifles, why do you want them
2) Reducing mass shootings is the goal. No one siaid a ban would eliminate them
3) Parkland/Sandy Hook. Did you forget these? Or are you ass dishonest assfuck?
Gilroy was stopped in 30 seconds. He still killed 3. You are a ******* idiot & should not be permitted to own a gun.
The situation dictates the weapon....you don't get to make that choice for another person.
The rifles you want banned are not Assault rifles, they are civilian and police rifles...the weapons you call "assault" rifles have a selector switch for fully automatic or 3 round burst fire...the weapons you keep talking about don't have that.
A rifle in a self defense situation, depending on the situation is better than a hand gun..... you can add a light, better sites, a laser, and it is a declaration of being a serious gun owner. A woman with a 5 shot snub nose facing one or more criminals might be tested by those criminals. If she presents an AR-15 confidently, they will be much less likely to test her.
The ban wouldn't eliminate any of them...they will simply use hand guns, the most popular gun for mass shootings, shotguns, and they will seek even easier prey.
Parkland....18 dead...... Russian Polytechnic with a tube fed, 5 shot, pump action shotgun 20 dead and 40 injured....... you lose. Virginia Tech, 2 pistols, 32 dead...Luby's cafe, 24 dead, 2 pistols.....
Sandy Hook.....he chose that gun free school and the grade level he attacked because he didn't want resisitance to the attack...in fact, he killed himself as soon as he heard the police sirens......and if he didn't have the AR-15 you moron, he could have killed just as many small children with one or more hand guns or shotguns....you dope.
As far as Gilroy, I am showing you that it isn't the weapon that matters...you dope...it is how much free time in the gun free zone the killer has before someone points a gun at him and makes him stop shooting unarmed people....that is why Gilroy, even with a rifle and magazines...killed 3, while the Russian Polytechnic shooter killed 20 and injured 40 with a tube fed, no magazine, 5 shot, pump action shotgun.....
You don't know what you are talking about...