Restricting the type of firearms available to civilians will reduce gun death

Down the rabbit hole we go. Semi-automatic rifles. A. While it would be nice to assume that 325 people would be saved by lack of semi-automatic rifles in todays society, one would have to look at crime like math. Motive + Means = Crime. Rifles would fall under "Means". However, rifles are not the only means to commit any said crime. My intent was not to cherry pick what massacres happen with what weapon, it was to show that a mass shooting can happen with a handgun or shotgun just as readily as with a rifle. Same applies to any other crime. A would be killer would just choose the next best thing to kill people with his first choice wasn't available. Would you not buy a car entirely because they didn't have the one you wanted or the color you wanted? Would you not go see a movie just because your theatre was sold out of tickets for the show you wanted? That's essentially the same logic you present. If there are no rifles, it completely removes the motive or desire to kill, which simply won't happen. B. That was just for demonstration. C. Hold on a second, have you actually ever handled an AK47 variant or AR15 variant? They're huge. As I'm typing this with one hand, I'm holding a AR15 with the muzzle level to my head and the stock fully collapsed. It reaches down past my hip, and I'm 6 foot. Not to mention it's about 3 inches thick and 8 or 9 inches wide. So yeah, you might be able to conceal one if you had a duffle bag I guess. But again, that draws more attention than a handgun in the small of your back, covered with a shirt. And there is no such thing as an altered grip. Accuracy is not determined by an accessory. If you removed the hand guard, as that is it's proper name (not a shroud), from an AR or AK and took it to the range, you would need to see a doctor before you emptied your second magazine. Handguards are there for protection, not increased lethality. Also, a flash, cannot be silenced, if you're talking about suppressor which suppress sound, those are NFA Class 3 items. And why would a mass shooter need to be concerned about muzzle flash? He's obviously not trying to be stealthy if he's shooting people in a public place. The reason they're there is so you don't go blind when you shoot it in the dark. D. I addressed this in A. Removing one of many "Means" will not remove "Motive". If the Motive remains, the perp will find other "Means". E. A slide-fire stock does not convert a firearm to full-auto. It is still semi-automatic because your finger is still actuating the trigger with every shot. This same effect can be had with light-weight competition triggers. Should we ban competition guns? True full-auto is quite hard to do on an AR15 or AK47 if you're not a competent gunsmith. As for the magazines, there are many modifications that can make reloading VERY fast including taped magazines or using couplings. Reloads happen so fast, you wouldn't have time to rush the gunman unless the magazine comes out of his hand, such as the case with the Gabby Gifford shooter. Taping and coupling magazines removes this possibility entirely. And by restricting magazine sizes, you're also restricting the ability of a decent citizen to defend themselves. Magazines. A1. That wasn't what I was getting at. I was insinuating, if it burdens decent people from defending themselves, it should not go on the books. A2. This doesn't stop criminal weapons traffickers. And it certainly didn't stop Al Capone during Prohibition with beer. A3. Depends on the body armour. There's hard and soft body armour. An AR15 and AK47 can defeat both at close range. Your 5 is also very misleading. Like I stated before, people don't always die when shot. Your 5 completely disregards this. Not all defensive gun uses end up with someone dead. A4. You must not have read the actual article. It implicitly says that for every X number of round fired, X many missed which leads to X hit percentage. Accidental shootings have nothing to do with it. Neither do criminals. All it has to do with, is how often a trained professional will actually hit their target. Actually, the rate at which people defend themselves is quite high. Note my I and II I.http://www.breitbart.com... II.http://www.slate.com...