After everything we know about most mass shootings, why do they automatically blame the AR-15?

SGT Brian Wall — Thu, 16 Jun 2016 14:29:55 -0400

Response by 1SG Dennis Hicks made Jun 16 at 2016 2:31 PM

1SG Dennis Hicks — Thu, 16 Jun 2016 14:31:58 -0400

Because of the cosmetics ,it scares them. Its their focal point on their hysterical journey deep in fantasy fear.

Response by Capt Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 16 at 2016 2:35 PM

Capt Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 16 Jun 2016 14:35:44 -0400

Because TOO many believe every thing that they hear (IF it is from those that they like to listen too).

Response by SGT David T. made Jun 16 at 2016 2:37 PM

SGT David T. — Thu, 16 Jun 2016 14:37:14 -0400

It's a mean looking gun it's scary. Put one side by side with a Mini 14 ranch and a non gun person will point to the AR every time as being more deadly

Response by LTC Paul Labrador made Jun 16 at 2016 4:49 PM

LTC Paul Labrador — Thu, 16 Jun 2016 16:49:23 -0400

Because it's much easier to place blame on a tool than it is to place blame on a person.

Response by Cpl Justin Goolsby made Jun 17 at 2016 10:03 AM

Cpl Justin Goolsby — Fri, 17 Jun 2016 10:03:04 -0400

Because it's black. Because it's scary. Because it can shoot a billion rounds in only 3 seconds.

The actual answer is people are afraid of what they don't understand. If my knowledge is correct, I think the AR-15 is probably the "biggest" "scariest" gun available to the general public. People don't understand that one trigger pull releases one round which potentially kills one person. It doesn't matter if it's the biggest rifle or the smallest pistol.

Unfortunately, people don't want to educate themselves on the subject. They would rather demonize "mass killing machines" without taking into consideration the everyday items they use which have a much higher body count than a firearm.

Response by SPC Darren Koele made Jun 18 at 2016 2:13 AM

SPC Darren Koele — Sat, 18 Jun 2016 02:13:34 -0400

In my opinion, it's ignorance, political correctness, and emotional instability.
The are so many people that don't know the AR-15 is NOT and automatic weapon. We hear, all too frequently. The coupling of "machine guns" with the AR-15. The newest moniker is "weapons of war". Despite the fact that our military does fire semi-auto in combat much more frequently than 3 round burst, the fact remains the AR-15 is strictly a semi-automatic rifle just like many modern hunting rifles and shotguns. We can blame the media and politicians for spreading this ignorance.
We already know how defensive people get when you blame a Muslim, mentally ill person, or any minority for any given offense. Instead, they must deflect the truth and attack the tools and the "unprotected "classes; most notably, the white, conservative, Christian, gun owning male. The mass shootings will continue until they stop hiding from the truth.
Finally, the emotional side of things. Admittedly emotional instability is not really that accurate of term. It was perhaps an aggressive way of saying that people react on emotion after a mass shooting. This leads to irrational decisions culminating in knee jerk reactions leading to simplistic solutions that fail to solve anything. All they do is cry "assault weapons. Boo Hoo" without out taking into account the small number of deaths actually committed with these weapons, ay least in comparison to the total deaths of which most are committed by gangs of which the two largest groups represented in gangs respectively are Hispanics and Blacks. Se where I'm going with that?

Response by Alan K. made Jan 25 at 2017 6:12 AM

Alan K. — Wed, 25 Jan 2017 06:12:38 -0500

Agenda.....