All Hail the Second Amendment

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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.

A Ruger Mini-14 is functionally identical to an AR-15. Both are .223 semi-automatic rifles.

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).

It depends on the range.

I then pointed out that they are essentially an M-16/M-4, which is true.

No, you're wrong. This has been pointed out to you many times.

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.

What is a military-grade weapon, and why does that matter? Do you honestly think that the casualty count at Sandy Hook would have been lower if Lanza had used a Mini-14 instead?

9mm pistols are the weapon of choice in mass shootings.