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Feb 20, 2018, 8:37 AM

Thank you for responding. You mentioned the assault weapons ban would have prevented the shooter possessing a AR 15. The assault weapons ban made cosmetic changes to rifles that looked like military weapons.The AR 15 was made legal by removing the bayonet lug and permanently attaching the muzzle brake. By the way AR does not stand for Assault Rifle is stands for Armalite Inc. , the company Eugene Stoner worked for. The civilian version of the rifle was and is still called the AR 15. All weapons prior to the ban were grandfathered in, so if you owned one with a bayonet lug, folding stock or a removable muzzle brake it was permissible. During the ban millions of weapons were sold with a civilian style stock and no muzzle brake, mainly AK style rifles. Rifles were identified as pre-ban and post-ban rifles.

When the sunset clause kicked in and the law expired and was not renewed it became legal again to sell rifles that had folding stock, pistol grips, a bayonet lug and removable muzzle brake. I hope this helps you understand the Assault Weapons Ban would not have prevented the shooter from possessing or owning the rifle he owned or one very similar to the one he owned.

He purchased his rifle legally, filled out all paperwork required under the law, provided a valid ID and passed a required background check.

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When the M 16 was first intergrated into the military the standard magazine only held twenty rounds. In Vietnam the enemy were using rifles that held thirty rounds. The GI became very proficient at changing the twenty round magazine in a fire fight. I used this strictly to show you that limiting the size of the magazine to ten rounds would not have significantly reduced the shooter from carrying out his gruesome task...You ask why, well he would have practiced changing mags at a rapid pace and simply carried more magazines. You must also realize that there are millions of thirty round magazines in circulation, even if declared illegal to own you can not assume the shooter would automatically become a model citizen and discard his thirty round magazine if he owned one. Limiting the ownership to one or two firearms is not the answer he used only one firearm to murder with as most do.

It is already illegal, for convicted felons, mentally ill, persons "convicted" of domestic violence and drug addicts to own or have in their possession a firearm or ammunition of any description.

I thank you for contributing and sincerely hope my answers helps you understand the reality of the issue.

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Perhaps some deaths could not have been prevented

But what if an individual is falsely accused ....

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Clearly I have no patience for slow responding buttons and pages tonight.

2nd Amendment is a right. It's on the Bill of RIGHTS.***

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PG15- No single law / change. But more extensive background

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Not sure. But "no guns on school proprety" and that

Re: Not sure. But "no guns on school proprety" and that

Yup.

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