All Hail the Second Amendment

[Bad Writer]

I'm not talking about the Ruger being equivalent to a military weapon or an assault rifle, so we can safely drop that red herring. I know that the M16 can go full auto, but that's a non issue, as Rahul pointed out that it's more dangerous when used as a semi-auto weapon, and is therefore mostly used as such (I have experience with the M-16 and the M-4, by the way). The AR-15 is something you brought up as we were talking about assault weapons; I didn't mind, as they occupy their own niche in this type of discussion. I then pointed out that they are essentially an M-16/M-4, which is true. Here's the point that seems to keep getting glossed over during these last couple posts: even though an AR cannot go fully auto its semi-auto feature makes it as capable as a military-grade weapon. That's why it keeps getting used as a choice weapon in mass shootings, and another factor to go hand-in-hand with this is that 3/4 of the guns used in these incidents were obtained legally.