DarthFed
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No. Most were not shot in the first few seconds. The only way you can kill than many people in a few seconds is with a fully automatic weapon. Those have been illegal for citizens to own for decades. If such a thing was capable with an AR-15 you'd have to pull the trigger every second. With recoil, you'd never be able to control the weapon firing that rapidly. So, some who say that an AR-15 can shoot 400 rounds per minute fail to realize that you could never move your finger that fast let alone load new clips since a 400 round clip simply doesn't exist for this weapon. The clip would be like five feet long.
Also, someone skilled with a revolver can do more damage than someone with a semiautomatic with no training. If I think otherwise, it's because I shoot all the time and I'm familiar with weapon capabilities.
Finally, I'd have no problem with citizens using grenade launchers, etc. if there was a justified reason to revolt against one's government. The protections we grant ourselves to own and use guns are primarily entrenched in the American Constitution to allow us to protect ourselves and our property, especially from a tyrannical government. If you can't grasp that basic right then you fail to understand even why we have a constitution.
I get the argument but skill level isn't the issue. We are talking about one individual and how he can easily take out a lot of people in a short amount of time. That task is much easier with a semi-automatic rifle. All the deadliest recent mass shootings have that common denominator.
I'm not for an all out gun ban, just the fun guns that are made to kill a lot of people in a quick amount of time. Those guns were originally used by the Army and that's where they belong.