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Do you have any data at all, or just confirmation bias?
One suggestion I don't see enough of us to actually prosecute the perpetrators of domestic violence and throw the book at them. The Men's Rights activists are just as intense as the 2A fanatics, but they are an easier group to go after. Homicide by firearm is so entwined with domestic violence that it seems like an obvious area to look at. >

The basically singular push for an assault weapons ban is getting a little tiring to me, especially because it doesn't actually address most shootings and wouldn't at all reduce the number of mass shootings. We should absolutely do something about the issue, but banning assault weapons won't stop shooters from using other weapons which are just as deadly. It feels like a symbolic step which sounds big in soundbytes, not an actual step which would measurably reduce mass shootings. >

Like the scary ghost guns.... yep, most criminals I know own jigs, routers, drill presses, and have the mechanical aptitude to craft  firearms. /s 
But whatever, sides have been chosen and you're just yelling at folks who would rather eat their own tongue than change their minds. >

Are you familiar with handguns? The type of gun responsible for the vast majority or murders? The one that wouldn't be banned under an assault weapons ban? >

Quite familiar, thanks. Sounds like you need to read more. Feinstein's proposal includes anything with a detachable magazine that holds more than 10 rounds or a bunch of other characteristics that she deems "military" in purpose...
Completely farcical. >

I understand the need and difficulty concerning writing adequate gun legislation but restricting the mag capacity of a firearm to reduce their lethality is like reducing a car’s fuel tank capacity in order to limit it’s speed. >

Does less bullets contained not slow down the amount of rounds one can reasonably fire off. I mean, the logic adds up. 
It's more akin to limiting miles per gallon in an effort to prop up the fuel industry. >

I can do a mag swap in under 2 seconds. It does nothing. >

It gives someone two seconds to stave your head in with a fire extinguisher.
Also, the vast majority of mass shooters aren't going to be as practiced. So even more time. >

Very few people will run towards an active shooter as well, your point is moot. >

neither cali shooting involved an assault weapon of any description. how would that help prevent future crimes? >

It is functionally no different than any other 9mm semi-automatic handgun...Its just scary looking. >

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Regardless the results would have been the same if he had used any other 9mm pistol. >

the funny thing is I'll get upvoted for saying "he shot them with a pistol that is basically a regular pistol even if it's made to look like a shitty submachine gun from the 80s" but I'll get downvoted if I say "hey maybe the guy who murdered a bunch of people with a pistol shouldn't have been allowed to legally own a pistol, or any gun"
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EDIT: hahah I called it, this comment is downvoted and the one above it is upvoted lol. >

It's easy.  Pro-gun NO MATTER WHAT = upvotes.  Anti-gun with thorough, researched, provable statistics = downvotes.
What this ACTUALLY shows is Reddit is full of young testosterone-fuelled American men. >

I don't even consider myself "anti-gun" I just think that maybe we shouldn't focus so much of protecting the rights of murderers. >

Aren't "assault weapons" already banned? >

Both CA shootings were done with handguns by retirees.
Banning 18-20 year olds from buying types of rifles has absolutely no effect on these last two shootings.
The “MAC-10 assault rifle” used in CA this week was a shitty clone of a Mac 10 that is heavy, inaccurate, horrible to use, and recoils like crazy. Yes it looks impressive, but it’s a piece of shit. >

Have you tried holding it sideways? >

As a moderate liberal gun owner you’d never find me holding a knock off mac-10, or even a late model mac-10 for that matter it’s just a piece of shit for the LARPing Y’all Queda.
No different than all that NC-star crap those folks put on their weapons.
Buy one good rifle, pistol, shotgun and that’s all you need, anything else is being abused by the gun sales industry. >

My wife's uncle had an M11 he got back in the 80's. It was a legit stamped FA. Biggest pile of shit I've ever shot. The open bolt is such garbage. The MP5 however.... >

So many shitty guns in the 80’s. >

Demilitarize the police first. >

"Biden sets in motion the democrats losing 2024"
Seriously, stop. It doesn't matter what's happening right now in the news because polls consistently time over time over time again show an AWB is unpopular.
The mass shooting in CA were 11 people were killed at the dance studio was done with a pistol. >

Gallup disagrees with you.  Although polls with different wording are all over the place, they have summarized the results of many polls as consistently showing that about 6 in 10 Americans support an assault weapons ban.  In fact, in all the decades they've asked the question and all the different wordings they've used, Gallup has never found a majority opposed to the policy.  It may be poor political strategy, but it's definitely not an unpopular policy. >

Except that when these laws actually go to vote, they're highly rejected by the public. It's quite clear that Gallup is either poorly wording their questions to skew results or their pooling base is wildly offset.