[Thimothy]

Come on, you don't go to a mall with a pencil, a brick or a bow and kill 50+ people. The point of assault weapons ownership laws is to introduce friction, so getting a weapon that can go through kevlar is hard, and if you get caught, hell rains upon you.

The line must be set at some point, and of course people are going to tip toe around it, but that's not the point. And don't go Switzerland, if everybody in the US had proper training in how to use and (more important) store their weapons, and the government had an exhaustive control of every shell... Well, it would be different.

[wtbob]

> Come on, you don't go to a mall with a pencil, a brick or a bow and kill 50+ people.

Neither do folks with 'assault weapons.' More people are killed with knives than with all long guns; approximately as many are killed with fists & feet[1]. 'Assault weapons' bans are just feel-good measures.

Oh, and shells are artillery ammunition …

[1] https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2011/crime-in-the-u.s.-...

[jackmaney]

Not to mention that knives can stab right through kevlar...

[wan23]

Shells are also the common term for the ammunition used in shotguns.

[corey_moncure]

What about the mass murder weapon you drive to the mall in? We gonna ban cars the next time someone plows through the waiting line for the new shiny at 100 MPH??

[nickpsecurity]

People are already doing it on occasion, too. It's usually directed at specific people so far. Then there's people who kick it up a notch:

https://www.damninteresting.com/the-wrath-of-the-killdozer/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZbG9i1oGPA

[anonnyj]

Time to ban assault trucks.

[ythl]

> Come on, you don't go to a mall with a pencil, a brick or a bow and kill 50+ people

Has this ever happened in the history of any 1st world country? The closest we've ever come is the Orlando shooting at 49, but... the events with the highest body counts are vehicular mass murder or bombs, not guns (9/11, Nice France, Oklahoma bombing, etc.)