It seems that AR15, AK47 and Glock have become universal media shorthand for “Assault Rifles” and “scary guns”.
The constant leftist mantra has schooled a certain portion of the population to have a Pavlovian response to those terms so why cloud the issue with specifics and unfamiliar terminology?
We all know they're clueless about guns (and pretty much everything else) but when 49 people are killed and 50 are wounded, it's a bit of a moot point. As bad as that incident was, the fact still remains, the number of Americans killed with assault rifles every year is incredibly low and absolutely pales in comparison to the number of Americans killed by Mexican heroin every year.
We should focus on the fact that the previous AWB did not ultimately reduce gun homicide:
we should be discussing the overall decrease in gun homicides that has occurred despite the overall increase in the gun supply:
We should be discussing the fact that accidental deaths by firearms have been declining for years despite the increase in the number of firearms:
We should be discussing the fact that property crime is lower than ever despite record numbers of firearms and firearms owners in America:
We should also point out that the UK firearms ban hasn't reduced the incidence of homicide at all but, rather, it increased dramatically initially:
etc, etc...