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What is something that is completely legal that should be illegal? (midwest.social)

submitted 7 months ago by Lanky_Pomegranate530@midwest.social to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] tatterdemalion@programming.dev 0 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Pistols are still the deadliest type of guns no matter what metric you use.

That's a silly statement. Why do you think soldiers prefer to use assault rifles in combat? I said "deadliest" meaning the most capable of killing, not the most statistically likely gun to kill someone.

[–] Vendetta9076@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

"Most capable of killing" doesn't mean anything though. A bullet is a bullet is a bullet. What gun its fired out of doesn't really matter when its against soft targets. 9mm 5.56 and 7.62 are all the same lethality.

Edit: Also comparing the use case of gangers and even school shooters with soldiers is foolish. The main benefits of a rifle (in war) are range, stability and higher cyclic rate. Virtually all rifles are semi automatic so cyclic rate doesn't matter. And at the range pretty much all school shootings take place in, pistol vs rifle doesn't matter. Stability is also largely irrelevant based on distance and the fact that unarmed civilians dont shoot back.

All this to say, 91% of school shootings are perpetrated with pistols. So this hyperfixation on "assault rifles" is silly. I say again, you've been lied to.

[–] tatterdemalion@programming.dev 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Ok I don't really agree with all of your lines of reasoning but I'm curious what you think the solution to our gun problem is. We at least agree that we have a problem, right?

[–] Vendetta9076@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 months ago

Oh certainly.

Legislation needs to focus pistols. Cracking down on the black market of highpoints.