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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
I get your point, and I agree with it to an extent, but stating that controlling or stopping semi-automatic rifle sales all but eliminates rifle massacres is something that I don't believe is true.
These people are determined to mass massacre for whatever their demented reason, whether politically, racially, or anger based reasons. They won't stop.
This at this point where guns are heavily entangled in the American ethos the formula of ban the sale of semi-automatic weapons = elimination of rifle massacres is a formula that I don't believe is true. For a time, you might get that, but like jurrasic park, murderers will find a way.
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Some won't stop. Lots will. These kids murdering their classmates can't function in a high school setting without snapping and going on a rampage. These are not kids who handle adversity well. You put a few obstacles in their way, it's going to stop them.
Say only 100 people die per year in these massacres instead of 250. Is that not a monumental gain? People die every day, but there's no excuse to make mass murder as easy as possible.