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In reply to the discussion: Common Murder Weapons and Their Alternate Uses [View all]A Simple Game
(9,214 posts)The OP did break down rifles into two categories, one useful the other non-useful. The graphic in the post by RC you responded to did not break guns into different categories. Your post did break down guns into different categories but lumped hammers into a catch all blunt object category.
The original (sub thread) post stated that: "Ironically enough, hammers killed more folks than assault rifles last year accourdingto the FBI", there is no way to verify this from the table in your post.
I know of no one that wants to ban all guns, although I suppose there are some. If you refer back to the OP I think the idea is to get rid of unnecessary guns, especially ones capable of mass murder. I'm surprised you didn't realize that.
I can assume by the number in the total firearm category that your table refers to murders and not total deaths. RC's graphic refers to homicides and suicides, I don't believe it includes total deaths either.
Although I find assault style weapons for the most part useless, if they were stripped of all the extraneous stuff and had a short clip you could justify using one in high brush areas. So they are not entirely useless but I certainly wouldn't pay the prices they command these days. I could never afford to target shoot with one, nor do I think it would be much fun. They must lose their accuracy at what 100ft., and after 5 or 6 shots. Fools and their money. I can't imagine a serious hunter, at least in my area, wanting to use one for hunting. Leave them to the special forces for urban fighting.