Vending Machines Almost As Deadly As AR-15s In Mass Shootings

By Tom Knighton

AP Photo/Patrick Sison

Anti-gunners love to scream about the AR-15. Due to it’s visual similarities to the M-16/M-4 rifles used by the military, it’s referred to as a “weapon of war” by opponents. It’s described as the preferred weapon of mass shooters as anti-gunners continue to demonize the weapon in the minds of the American people.

However, their efforts are horribly misguided. In fact, vending machines may be almost as lethal as an AR-15 in the hands of a mass shooter [emphasis mine]:

The report goes on to explain that the law’s larger impact on overall gun violence was minimal, because the banned weapons were rarely involved in criminal acts in the first place. According to the FBI, rifles — a broader category that lumps together your grandpappy’s hunting rifle with military-style rifles — constitute an average of 340 homicides per year. Though any loss of life is tragic, these numbers don’t exactly rise to the occasion in solving what is commonly characterized as a national epidemic.

But this debate isn’t about just any old rifle, right? The scope of this debate is often targets one specific style of the rifle: the infamous AR-15.

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Source:: Bearing Arms