Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: Senate Panel Votes for Ban on Assault Weapons [View all]gejohnston
(17,502 posts)but then, maybe doing a poetry reading in a small Wyoming town had something to do with it. Bushmaster is simply a manufacture.
Since Sandy Hook seemed to be at point blank range, skill had nothing to do with it. What I find amazing is that friends of his mom described him as an ethical vegan. I have never played Call of Duty, so I don't know how he learned to load and charge the weapon. How does a 110 pound ethical vegan carry that much weight and weapons? No, I didn't get that from Alex Jones.
http://www.salon.com/2012/12/17/adam_lanza_was_a_vegan/
In the 15 YO's case, a revolver is actually easier to use. But then, the more extreme gun prohibitionists would prohibit that too (some like LBJ's AG, Ramsey Clark, is opposed to self defense under any circumstance.)
The Bath bomber didn't use that much dynamite and AFAIK, only civilians use it in mining or construction.
All non military are civilians, including the police.
Even when I wasn't, my RSPD brother was still a civilian.
the rest of us are citizens or private citizens.
Bath is used because not only was no firearm used, but it is still the worst school massacre in US history. It is still not the worst in the world.
http://news.yahoo.com/worlds-deadliest-school-massacres-220700643.html
Edit to add one more thing, an assault rifle does have a specific technical meaning, which does not include anything used in Sandy Hook since it was semi automatic, and not select fire, ie a machine gun. "Assault weapon" is a political term and means whatever the politician wants it to mean.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assault_rifle
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_rifle