Push to ban assault weapons in Virginia meets resistance

[maxsolomon]

66. You won't find me using the term "Assault Rifle".

I've been on DU too long. I say MSSA. The VA legislature should adopt that terminology too.

Basically, you're espousing the "Wound Collector" theory of Rampage Killings, which I've heard repeatedly from one particular Conservative Gunner on another forum, but I am willing to take that risk: Incels and other suicidal malcontents will NOT simply switch to another method, be it bombs, heavy trucks, or swimming pools. We already know that knife attacks are less lethal en masse.

I think this VA ban idea is a fool's errand: a binary solution won't work except to generate hysteria (OMG CONFISCATION!). I believe REGULATING access to firearms will limit impulsive mass homicides, whether MSSAs or SA Handguns or Muskets. I'm in favor of lengthy waiting periods: 6 months or a year for 1st time buyers.

My psychiatrist always said the opposite of you: concentrate on the HOW, not the WHY. HOW Adam Lanza got access to guns (his idiot Mother) is less important that WHY he wanted to murder children (infamy). Without those guns, yes, maybe he stabs some to death, but 26?