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[QUOTE="-Sun_Tzu-"] The semantics are irrelevant, the question I'm asking is that if the gun Adam Lanza used were illegal to obtain how would he be able to get his hands on one. -Sun_Tzu-
His mother was a gun enthusiest, she would have probably owned an alterative semi auto rifle like a Ruger Mini 14 if AR-15's where banned.
I see no reason for banning the M4 carbine while keeping comparable guns on the market, so lets assume the Ruger Mini 14 is banned as well. What then is someone like Adam Lanza to do?I'm not suggesting that an assault weapon (Whiteknight I know you are a stickler for definitions, notice I used "weapon" instead of "rifle" this time) ban is a solution to all gun violence in this country, but looking at this specific issue of mass shootings like what happened in Newtown, Aurora, Tucson, Columbine ect, and the pattern that emerges from the profiles of the people who are responsible for these types of shootings - people who demonstrate asocial behavior and appear to fall somewhere on the autism spectrum - how are these types of people suppose to acquire the weapons that allow them to inflict the carnage that they are able to inflict if it were illegal to obtain these guns on the open market.
It's one thing to speak in general terms about a prohibition on these weapons, because of course criminals in general will still be able to get these weapons regardless, but those criminals aren't the ones shooting up schools and movie theaters.
There would have to be a complete ban on semi auto rifles if we are talking comparable guns.
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