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Good article to show to your antigun friends. It is well reasoned with credible data to support the conclusion.
Are AR-15 Rifles a Public Safety Threat? Here's What the Data Say | Being Classically Liberal
Are AR-15 Rifles a Public Safety Threat? Here's What the Data Say | Being Classically Liberal
Conclusion
Mass shootings involving rifles like the AR-15 can produce dozens of victims at one time, and combined with extensive media coverage of these events, many people have been led to believe that such rifles pose a significant threat to public safety.
However, such shootings are extremely rare, and a look at the FBI data informs us that homicide with these types of rifles represents an extremely small fraction of overall homicide violence. Banning or confiscating such firearms from the civilian population would likely produce little to no reduction in violent crime rates in America.