General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: This is what Australia did to its guns [View all]Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)1). Rifles account for around 2% of all homicides-by-gun in the U.S., and so-called "assault rifles" (a type of machine gun, actually) are a subset of those rifles.
2). The category of semi-automatic rifles based on AR & AK platforms are now the Biggest selling types of center-fire rifles.
3). The AR & AK platform rifles are supplanting traditional hunting rifles due to improved accuracy, mild recoil, and preferred ergonomics. (Hunters make up 19% of gun owners.)
4). A "ban" can't get around the fast-morphing of its modular construction; you ban it, we change it.
5). The semi-auto pistol has supplanted the revolver as the most popular SD weapon. Many millions served.
6). An unfortunate use of the word "first." Pro-2A people are also concerned about "second," "third," "fourth,"...and are "hip to your tricks" (Joni Mitchell)