They’ve used bombs. They’ve used acid. They’ve used knives. They’ve used hijacked airplanes (hijacked with box cutters). They’ve used steam cookers. etc. There are so many ways for people who are motivated to hurt or kill to do so. They can use cars. They can use drones. They can use anthrax or equivalent. They can use illegally acquired surface to air missiles, or even lasers. They can sabotage bridges, and railroads. They blew up a truck full of explosives underground during the first World Trade Center bombing.
The bottom line is that the problem is the hatred, and the ideology. Even if many of these people have psychological problems at baseline, this philosophy of hate is drawing people with these problems to act out their aggressions. That guy could just have easily blown up that entire night club, with no one surviving.
Oh, and you just know that if it were some Christian sect doing this, they would be going after the religion, not just the guns.
Thanks so much for a cogent response!
So many people on Freerepublic reply to threads like this with insults to the subject and no content - so I appreciate your response very much.
Can I ask (because this is what we are asked) why someone needs or wants a semi automatic weapon ? That would help so much in the daily ongoing battle for our existing rights. So far, I cannot come up with anything.