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What an "Assault Rifle" ban sounds like to me:
"Well since no guns used in mass shootings have ever been painted pink, lets make it so all guns have to be pink, that will reduce mass shootings!"
@JonKramer Well, that may be overstating the point. I'd much rather be shot by a 9mm pistol than a 5.56 rifle.
But "assault rifle" isn't the thing that matters, I think. (Hunting rifles can do far more damage than an "assault rifle", depending.)
@ech , in general, a hunting rifle has a bigger more powerful bullet than an AR. ARs are almost universally .223, not .556 NATO as well. And a 9 mm, although a bigger round, is not as powerful as a hunting rifle of any calibre. That might be the weakest round commonly used outside a 22 or a 25. And law enforcement has made the slow rolled switch to the 10mm or others because the 9mms tend to bounce off things, like windshields.
@strawd @freemo , this link will show you the style of different rifles that use the same ammunition:
https://gritrsports.com/shooting/firearms/rifles/223-remington-rifles/
@strawd No thats not true, in fact quite the opposite. Assault rifles, like the AR-15 has an actual term for it, it is called a "small game rifle". The bullets are very small and relative to other rifles very low power. They are designed to kill small animals like fox and leave tbe animal relatively intact
@strawd @freemo not really. Once the bullet leaves the weapon the type of weapon is immaterial. You can fire the same rounds through weapons that are not styled like a military weapon. Style has no effect on what damage is done by a bullet.