The argument has never been about banning solely the AR-15 but assault riffles in general
Other than for the AK-47 the rounds are light weight and high muzzle velocity. You have the testimony of ER doctors VS you tube videos of a guy getting off shooting a pig. You didn't see the innards of the pig or the size of the exit wound. Google ER doctors and assault weapon injuries.
Lay aside all the technical arguments....which do come down on the side of greater lethality and much greater wound damage than from hunting rifles. Assault weapons were designed for war, period.
No, just look at the record of mass shootings. Assault rifles are the weapon of choice, in a classroom or from the high rise in Vegas.
Ever see a hunting rifle with a high capacity magazine?
The use of an assault weapon equipped with a high-capacity magazine increases the likelihood that a particular shooting will have a high death and injury count. These weapons are designed to fire bullets at higher velocities than handguns, increasing the lethality of shootings perpetrated with them.Aug 12, 2019
Assault Weapons and High-Capacity Magazines Must Be Banned ...
https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/guns-...st-banned/
What happens when an assault weapon with a high-capacity magazine is used in a shooting?
The use of an assault weapon equipped with a high-capacity magazine increases the likelihood that a particular shooting will have a high death and injury count. These weapons are designed to fire bullets at higher velocities than handguns, increasing the lethality of shootings perpetrated with them.
4 An analysis of mass shootings committed from 2009 through 2018 found that when assault weapons were used, six times* more people were shot compared with those incidents in which other firearms were used. Similarly, when high-capacity magazines were used, five times* more people were shot compared with those mass shootings with no high-capacity magazines.5
What happened when the federal ban expired?
Following the expiration of the ban in 2004, assault weapons and high-capacity magazines once again became legal to manufacture and purchase, and the gun industry responded with renewed fervor, flooding the civilian consumer market with these guns.
Since the expiration of the federal ban, assault weapons and high-capacity magazines have been used to perpetrate some of the deadliest public mass shootings in modern U.S. history:
•On August 3, 2019, in El Paso, Texas, 46 people were shot, 22 fatally.19
•On February 14, 2018, in Parkland, Florida, 34 people were shot, 17 fatally.20
•On November 5, 2017, in Sutherland Springs, Texas, 46 people were shot, 26 fatally.21
•On October 1, 2017, in Las Vegas, 480 people were shot, 58 fatally.22
•On June 12, 2016, in Orlando, Florida, 102 people were shot, 49 fatally.23
•On December 14, 2012, in Newtown, Connecticut, 28 people were shot, 26 fatally.24
•On July 20, 2012, in Aurora, Colorado, 70 people were shot, 12 fatally.25
Not only do these highly dangerous firearms and accessories continue to be used in horrific mass-casualty shootings, they are increasingly being used in cities that experience high rates of gun violence. A 2017 study found that guns equipped with high-capacity magazines made up between 22 percent and 36 percent of crime guns in the United States.26
A 2010 report from the Police Executive Research Forum noted that more than one-third of U.S. police agencies reported increased use of assault weapons following the expiration of the federal ban.27 In 2018, Baltimore Interim Police Commissioner Gary Tuggle stated that one-third of guns recovered in criminal investigations were equipped with high-capacity magazines.
The Baltimore Police Department recovered 890 firearms with high-capacity magazines from January 1, 2017, through April 29, 2018.28
Do bans on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines work?
A growing body of research finds that the federal assault weapons ban—though only in effect for 10 years—had a positive impact on reducing both the use of assault weapons in crimes and the numbers of firearm injuries and fatalities in mass shootings:
•In 2004, the U.S. Department of Justice found that following the implementation of the ban, a number of cities and jurisdictions reported declines in the number of assault weapons recovered from crime scenes. These declines ranged from 17 percent to 72 percent.10
•Researchers analyzing public mass shootings from 1982 through 2011 found that both state and federal bans on assault weapons resulted in decreased rates of mass shooting fatalities.
The federal ban also indicated a decrease in rates of mass shooting injuries.11
•A 2019 study examined mass shootings from 1981 through 2017 and analyzed the risk of fatalities in those incidents. The study found that during the 10-year period the federal ban was in effect, mass shooting fatalities were 70 percent less likely to occur than either before or after the ban.12
•Research from Stanford University reviewed U.S. mass shootings13 over a 35-year period. The analysis found that the decade during which the federal assault weapons ban was in effect was linked to a 25 percent decrease in mass shootings and a 40 percent decrease in mass shooting deaths.14 Additionally, the research found that in the decade after the ban expired, mass shooting deaths increased by 347 percent.*15
The ban on high-capacity magazines within the federal assault weapons ban also had an impact:
•A Washington Post investigation of the impact of the federal ban in Virginia found that during the years it was in effect, there was a noted decline in the number of guns equipped with high-capacity magazines recovered from crime scenes; the rate reached a low of 10 percent in 2004. After the ban expired, this rate increased, reaching 20 percent in 2010.16
•A 2019 study analyzing mass shootings17 that were committed between 1990 and 2017 found that 77 percent of mass shootings perpetrated with a high-capacity magazine occurred in states that did not have state-level bans on these specific ammunition-feeding devices.*18
Other than for the AK-47 the rounds are light weight and high muzzle velocity. You have the testimony of ER doctors VS you tube videos of a guy getting off shooting a pig. You didn't see the innards of the pig or the size of the exit wound. Google ER doctors and assault weapon injuries.
Lay aside all the technical arguments....which do come down on the side of greater lethality and much greater wound damage than from hunting rifles. Assault weapons were designed for war, period.
No, just look at the record of mass shootings. Assault rifles are the weapon of choice, in a classroom or from the high rise in Vegas.
Ever see a hunting rifle with a high capacity magazine?
The use of an assault weapon equipped with a high-capacity magazine increases the likelihood that a particular shooting will have a high death and injury count. These weapons are designed to fire bullets at higher velocities than handguns, increasing the lethality of shootings perpetrated with them.Aug 12, 2019
Assault Weapons and High-Capacity Magazines Must Be Banned ...
https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/guns-...st-banned/
What happens when an assault weapon with a high-capacity magazine is used in a shooting?
The use of an assault weapon equipped with a high-capacity magazine increases the likelihood that a particular shooting will have a high death and injury count. These weapons are designed to fire bullets at higher velocities than handguns, increasing the lethality of shootings perpetrated with them.
4 An analysis of mass shootings committed from 2009 through 2018 found that when assault weapons were used, six times* more people were shot compared with those incidents in which other firearms were used. Similarly, when high-capacity magazines were used, five times* more people were shot compared with those mass shootings with no high-capacity magazines.5
What happened when the federal ban expired?
Following the expiration of the ban in 2004, assault weapons and high-capacity magazines once again became legal to manufacture and purchase, and the gun industry responded with renewed fervor, flooding the civilian consumer market with these guns.
Since the expiration of the federal ban, assault weapons and high-capacity magazines have been used to perpetrate some of the deadliest public mass shootings in modern U.S. history:
•On August 3, 2019, in El Paso, Texas, 46 people were shot, 22 fatally.19
•On February 14, 2018, in Parkland, Florida, 34 people were shot, 17 fatally.20
•On November 5, 2017, in Sutherland Springs, Texas, 46 people were shot, 26 fatally.21
•On October 1, 2017, in Las Vegas, 480 people were shot, 58 fatally.22
•On June 12, 2016, in Orlando, Florida, 102 people were shot, 49 fatally.23
•On December 14, 2012, in Newtown, Connecticut, 28 people were shot, 26 fatally.24
•On July 20, 2012, in Aurora, Colorado, 70 people were shot, 12 fatally.25
Not only do these highly dangerous firearms and accessories continue to be used in horrific mass-casualty shootings, they are increasingly being used in cities that experience high rates of gun violence. A 2017 study found that guns equipped with high-capacity magazines made up between 22 percent and 36 percent of crime guns in the United States.26
A 2010 report from the Police Executive Research Forum noted that more than one-third of U.S. police agencies reported increased use of assault weapons following the expiration of the federal ban.27 In 2018, Baltimore Interim Police Commissioner Gary Tuggle stated that one-third of guns recovered in criminal investigations were equipped with high-capacity magazines.
The Baltimore Police Department recovered 890 firearms with high-capacity magazines from January 1, 2017, through April 29, 2018.28
Do bans on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines work?
A growing body of research finds that the federal assault weapons ban—though only in effect for 10 years—had a positive impact on reducing both the use of assault weapons in crimes and the numbers of firearm injuries and fatalities in mass shootings:
•In 2004, the U.S. Department of Justice found that following the implementation of the ban, a number of cities and jurisdictions reported declines in the number of assault weapons recovered from crime scenes. These declines ranged from 17 percent to 72 percent.10
•Researchers analyzing public mass shootings from 1982 through 2011 found that both state and federal bans on assault weapons resulted in decreased rates of mass shooting fatalities.
The federal ban also indicated a decrease in rates of mass shooting injuries.11
•A 2019 study examined mass shootings from 1981 through 2017 and analyzed the risk of fatalities in those incidents. The study found that during the 10-year period the federal ban was in effect, mass shooting fatalities were 70 percent less likely to occur than either before or after the ban.12
•Research from Stanford University reviewed U.S. mass shootings13 over a 35-year period. The analysis found that the decade during which the federal assault weapons ban was in effect was linked to a 25 percent decrease in mass shootings and a 40 percent decrease in mass shooting deaths.14 Additionally, the research found that in the decade after the ban expired, mass shooting deaths increased by 347 percent.*15
The ban on high-capacity magazines within the federal assault weapons ban also had an impact:
•A Washington Post investigation of the impact of the federal ban in Virginia found that during the years it was in effect, there was a noted decline in the number of guns equipped with high-capacity magazines recovered from crime scenes; the rate reached a low of 10 percent in 2004. After the ban expired, this rate increased, reaching 20 percent in 2010.16
•A 2019 study analyzing mass shootings17 that were committed between 1990 and 2017 found that 77 percent of mass shootings perpetrated with a high-capacity magazine occurred in states that did not have state-level bans on these specific ammunition-feeding devices.*18
