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johnnyFive · 2611 days ago · link · · parent · post: I wrote a thing about shootings. Mostly to poke at a bear. Meh. Read. Discuss. Or don't
Any of the weapons you mentioned as permissible are capable of that kind of damage. And you don't even need a gun -- just ask Timothy McVeigh how important gun laws are. Don't forget too that the worst attack on a school ever committed wasn't Sandy Hook, it was in Bath Township, Michigan, and was done with explosives. Don't get me wrong, I'm not against any and all potential gun legislation. My complaint is that the people generally advocating for them don't actually understand how guns work (cf. the talk about "armor piercing bullets" after Sandy Hook). The result is restrictions that are incredibly arbitrary and don't actually change anything in practice (see: the "assault" weapons ban of the '90s).