Just think. Sixty years ago it was SMALL PISTOLS (SNS) that had the media up creating hysteria. Now it is Big Guns that also frighten them..
Anyone who has ever studied mass shootings know most hits are done in the first 6-7 rounds. By the 8th the people are scattering and hard to hit unless trapped in a small space like a school room.
Big Guns = Weapons of War.