So called "assault weapons" should NOT be prohibited

Actually an AK-47 has fully automatic capabilities. Fire capabilities: Cyclic 600 rounds/min,[5] practical 40 rounds/min semi-automatic[5] *100 rounds/min fully automatic[5]* http://en.wikipedia.org... Semiautomatic rifles with a bayonet lug and flash suppressor make them even more dangerous. Who needs a bayonet attached to their gun? All that is going to lead to is more violent/fatal crimes, here is a chart to show this: http://www.infoplease.com... By combining to deadly weapons together, it would just increase the murder rate. If the attacker runs out of bullets or has no bullets, he could just stab them in combination of whacking them with the butt of the gun causing more injuries. With a flash suppressor, wouldn't that make it harder to find a person shooting the gun? Instead of seeing a flash and hearing a gun shot, you could only here it making it harder to locate the attacker. If you can actually see the flash, you can go in the area to apprehend the assailant or run away from his position. A pistol grip and adjustable but-stock are optional to make the weapon more comfortable depending on the owners personal taste. Where as a flash suppressor is to hide/mask the flash produced by the gun. In a military situation that is an essential but for an every day citizen that could cause a problem. Not knowing where the shot is coming from is deadly because they wouldn't know where to run away from. "Why should "assault weapons" be banned if less than 300 people are killed a year by them (75% being criminals since most murder victims are criminals) but alcohol shouldn't be banned when 10,000 people are killed a year by drunk drivers?" Why play a numbers game with people's lives? People still get killed by them. According to your statistic 25% non-criminals get killed by them since 75% of the rest are criminals or assailants. It is justified in a self defense situation but when someone is not a criminal, why do they get to die? "You completely forget about the point of owning a handgun. A handgun is for self defense. No one wants to defend themselves with a tiny .22Lr bullet. I want to defend myself with a 9mm, or a 40cal, or a 45cal. I want rounds that will protect me and stop someone from harming me. If you can shoot someone 6 times with a 9mm and they still won't drop, what do you expect me to do when some savage comes charging at me with a knife and I only have a .22? (.22s are basically 4x smaller than a 9mm)" Well in the case of the cop shooting the person in the movie theater for texting, I don't think that was self defense. My question is that if you could stop the person with a smaller caliber by shooting them in the knees, stomach, and chest with multiple shots why do you have to kill the person? If you shoot them and they run away like how you mentioned that burglar running away after the women shot him, didn't the gun do its job? Self defense isn't always killing the person or making them drop dead. "Over 90% of mass shooters were on or withdrawing from psychiatric drugs. Doctors are even saying that psychiatric drugs are the route to these mass shootings. if we know this fact, what the hell is the point in banning "scary looking guns" and "high" capacity magazine devices when we have an alternative solution that can work just as well and doesn't prohibit law abiding citizens from certain magazines and firearms? And, why not better background checks too like you said? LOOK for ALTERNATIVES to stopping tragedies rather than taking peoples constitutional rights away." Well if there was an effective ban, how can people who use drugs get those guns? Overall that is a good point. But there have been recent shootings by a white supremacist which killed three. Which is why guns should be down graded, to stop these people from killing innocent people. "So explain, with the facts given about "scary assault weapons" high capacity magazines, and the cause for mass shootings, do you still stand with your previous opinion on gun control?" I have changed it slightly, though I think if they aren't banned they should at least be downgraded so there are less deaths when people decide to shoot random people.