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@ sikvod00
It also annoys me to no end when they continue to refer to the AR15 as an "assault weapon". It is not, and will never be considered an assault weapon by anyone who actually knows what the term means.
The M16s and M4s with burst fire mode that we use in the military is an assault weapon, civilian AR15s with only semi-automatic fire mode is NOT an assault weapon. The media's classification is so broad and worthless they'll probably classify our bayonets as "assault knifes".
The main issue with that MediaMatters article is that it uses correlation as causation, while discarding every other factor that influences violent crime rate while concentrating solely on number of gun ownership.
Social-economic issues is the main driver behind violent crime rates. Will greater availability of firearms lead to more gun-homicides in a violent-prone nation? absolutely, as it is the most efficient tool for the purpose. That being said, if you ban guns in the same nation, will it reduces the number of gun-homicies? probably. But will it reduces the total number of homicides? not likely. People who are driven to kill will continue to do so, whether by illegal firearms or other tools and instrumentation.
Humans have been killing each other since the stone age, did guns cause the cavemen to kill each other?
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