Quote Originally Posted by JamesWales View Post
Serious question, but when did the assault type weapons or high powered rifles etc become legal in the US? Have they always been so? The number of mass shootings is increasing significantly as is the number of general firearm deaths and suicide deaths.

There is also only a very loose connection between gun ownership and gun death rates when you look at it state by state.

Something has changed in the last 10 years.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_vi..._United_States
America is a sick society in decay, The gun is just a symptom of deeper illness. There was a time not so long ago when kids took firearms to school for shooting practice. America wasn't always like this...personally i think the decline in religion correlates with a rise in nihilism, fecklessness, and moral relativism leading to chaos.