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Originally Posted by
cmoney
I am all for banning assault rifles as they serve no real purpose other than for people to blow off some steam shooting targets or killing a lot of people. However, I do think the douche shooter though is exactly the type that would go to extreme lengths to build the kind of guns that he wanted. Or simply find another way to kill as many people (for example explosives). He obviously had the financial resources to get it done. Buying the guns from the store was simply an easier option.
Also, with technology like 3d Printing, building weapons that can cause a ton of destruction is only going to get easier as we move forward.
I've thought of this, as well.
The truth is that any psycho who wants to kill a large number of people in a big crowd can do so, and it's very hard to prevent.
Remember that crazy woman who drove her car onto a sidewalk in Vegas and ran people down? She was a total nutcase and barely understood what she was doing, but someone more calculated and determined to murder could have caused a much higher death toll.
I agree with you that assault rifles should probably be banned, but yeah, this guy already showed he had the capability to modify the rifles he did have, so banning their sale wasn't necessarily going to stop this anyway.