How silly of me, Issy as the expert you claim to be, am I better of if I am shot dead by an automatic weapon, or a semi automatic weapon?
In no way does the weapons used mitigate the crime. Dead is dead! Unless you have some other spin to put on it.

The jack-in-the-box will be alone shortly to claim its only the good folk who have guns, or should I say legitimate assets as he likes to call them.

The guns he had were legal, they were modified.

He had two "bump-stocks" that would have allowed a semi-automatic gun to shoot more like an automatic weapon.

The devices replace the gun's shoulder rest with a "support step" that covers the trigger opening, using the recoil from the gun's firing to bump the user's finger to "bump" the trigger, allowing it to fire at a faster rate. The modification can be bought online for $160.

The Stupidity of this is even though legal to own they are illegal to use.

I think all of us feel some empathy towards the victims and their families and maybe a little anger (in various directions) of why such a horrific mass murder of innocents took place.
So many people and their families have been affected by this, and many will never be the same.

Although this is perhaps not the right time to point it out, I feel I should make aware the fact the US military probably kills and maims far more innocent civilians in much worse circumstances every single week of every single year; endlessly.

And we're not talking about simply being shot up, but of innocent women and kids being bombed and droned into body-bits.
Every single day, every single week, every single year.

Not to take away from this tragedy but maybe we should instead look at the weapons the US military uses legitimately to kill innocents in the name of 'collateral damage' in wars they themselves start.

Hillary was worried about use of silencers.
How about if the shooter had used an M134 and RPG's instead?
http://youtu.be/AdcnmQEHqS8

Americans seem to have this built-in culture of wanting to unleash awesome firepower on others.

' Americans seem to have this built-in culture of wanting to unleash awesome firepower on others.'

and planned parenthood are the worse as they target the most vulnerable.

Face the facts, Paul, you exaggerated and not for the first time.

Don't try and weasel out.

Runner: The irony is that America, the country where more civilians are killed by firearms, is also one of the strongest anti-abortion. Further, those on the right who are more likely to be anti-abortion, are also more likely to be pro-guns.

We'll make sure you get born, regardless of circumstances, but after that ... you're fair game!

I'd be interested if anyone can come up with an explanation of this.