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Originally Posted by crockett
You simply didnt hear about them but they happened...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List..._United_States
They simply became more common as semi auto guns became more common.. You dont see many mass shootings with bolt action rifles or 6 shot revolvers... I think maybe the only exception was the Texas university shooter who used a bolt action rifles but he locked him self at the top of a tower so it was hard to get at him but even still he had multiple semi auto pistols and a sawed off shot gun.. He was also a trained Marine Marksmen so it would be obvious for him to be capable with a bolt action..
24hr news coverage and the internet probably helps add to the mix as so many of these new shooters seem to want to copy cat the previous ones.. |
You might have a point here.
The reasons why such crimes are done with firearms instead of baseball bats or knives is because with a firearm you don't have to get "wet" - meaning, you don't get blood on you. With a baseball bat or a knife, you would have to go to one person at a time, over power them, and hurt them enough so that they don't get back up and attack you. Now imagine you walk into a room and have to take on ten people with a baseball bat or a knife. It doesn't work. You would very quickly get taken down.
But with a semi automatic firearm... You can walk into the room and pick people off quickly one at a time without having to physically confront anyone, and with really lifting a finger.
Maybe the problem is semi automatic weapons.
There is a lot of debate about "assault rifles". The NRA has quietly been working to define an assault rifle as having "selective fire" meaning it can fire one shot, a burst, OR be fully automatic. That is not what a assault rifle is. A assault rifle is a rifle used to assault a position. You aren't going to run up a hill with a long scoped rifle and attack. The purpose of a assault rifle is to kill a human being.
In Paris Island... The first thing they taught us was to say "sir", the second was zig zag when dodging bullet, and the third was to never ever use the fully automatic on the M16.