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In reply to the discussion: The CDC study on guns...shut down. [View all]Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)First, just so we understand the terms, "assault rifles" are capable of full-auto fire (in accordance with BATF definitions). Do you have any data to indicate that civilian LEOs have "assault rifles," or just look-alike semi-auto carbines? I really don't know this figure, or if it is available. Most of the carbines I've seen in LEO hands are semi-auto.
I agree that it is very difficult if not impossible to keep guns out of the hands of mass-murderers. I posted a few days ago articles from Psychology Today which profiled the mass murderer as one who WILL NOT be deterred from obtaining arms, and WILL NOT be deterred from killing. Further, gun laws would have little bearing on the "thought process" of these celebro-punks.
Mass murder incidents serve only to re-new the completely-failed attempt to prohibit guns. I'm convinced that prohibition is America's most addictive drug.