re: #99 teleskiguy

Well-written article at Vox.

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Well, sort of. It talks around but not about how the majority of those features can be put on any other rifle. A flash suppressor can also be a recoil suppressor and have value on a long range target shooting rifle.

It also fails to understand that it is the magazine capacity and ability to rapidly reload that make semi-automatic rifles more dangerous in these situations. For example, a 70 year old US Army M-1 carbine with its 15 or 30 magazines would be just as dangerous in a mass shooting as a brand new AR type rifle. The California solution, upheld after Heller, of the bullet button magazine catch limiting the ability to quickly reload is a far better one than any unenforceable ban bases on esthetics.

As one last thought, I sold my M-1 carbine at a major loss last year when the seriousness of my son’s issues became apparent. That carbine with its large capacity quick change magazines is far more dangerous than, for example, a lever action cowboy rifle.