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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You realize that an AR-15 is not a full auto weapon, right?[/quote]

And this makes a difference? Could the shooter have killed even more people with an automatic weapon?

I understand that gun owners wish to protect their constitutionally protected right to bear arms, but wouldn't be in the interest of the general good for gun owners to forego ownership of assault weapons and any other type of semi-automatic weapon to prevent maniacs from getting their hands on these weapons and using them on Americans? Perhaps gun owners who wish to own and shoot such weapons could do so only in restricted areas like gun clubs or licensed shooting ranges where the weapons would be licensed and locked up away from crazy people like the Orlando shooter.

The gun lobby opposes any restrictions on guns because the manufacturers want to sell more guns.

Money is more important than American lives to the NRA and its supporters. [/quote]
When you have a mass of people to shoot at where accuracy isn't that important a fully automatic weapon would do far more damage.  The answer in this case, yes the shooter could of killed many more people with a full auto weapon.

Guns are already highly restricted as far as where one can legally discharge them.  Almost every municipality in the country does not legally allow the discharge of a weapon.  You can't go into your backyard and legally shoot a round off in the air for kicks for example.  Unless you live in a rural area.  In general, the only legal way to discharge a weapon in town is at a certified range or in self defense.

There are many restrictions on gun use.  Murder itself is illegal.  The legal lobby likes more convoluted overlapping restrictions and laws.  Gives them more billable hours.[/quote]

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