Questions the left won't discuss about gun control, but should - and soon.

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68. The thing(s).

As for shotguns, there ARE a lot, but there's between 15-20 million MORE handguns... and they don't dominate crime stats because there's a LOT of crime that requires a concealed gun... shotguns won't replace hang guns in a huge chunk of those crimes...

There are plenty enough shotguns to fill the gap, and they can be made very concealable, especially if the criminal is willing to "dress around the gun."



Rifles can also be cut down.

Suicides are one shot affairs, but they're almost all done with handguns... something like 60%...

Take away the handguns and watch that change. Suicide by shotgun is easily done: Ernest Hemingway and Kurt Cobain come to mind.

... as for spree killing, there's been 994 mass shooting in America in the last 1,004 days...

The current definition of "mass shooting" is four or more victims. The vast majority of these killings are in the lower ranges, with only the most heinous and high-casualty cases making the national media. It doesn't take "assault weapons" with high-capacity magazines to make that grade. The Washington Navy Yard shooting in 2013 demonstrated what a determined individual armed with a manual-action shotgun can do.