Folks, let’s keep it real. It turns out that Omar Mateen had three weapons, two of which he used in the Orlando shooting. None of them was an AR-15, as was widely reported:
A law enforcement source says the shooting suspect legally purchased recently the two weapons used in the attack at the shooting center in Port St. Lucie near his Fort Pierce home. He had a Glock 17 handgun purchased on June 5, a Sigsauer MCX assault rifle purchased on June 4 on his person during the shootout, and investigators later found a .38-caliber weapon in his vehicle.
However, as streiff of Red State lamely admits:
Now this Sig is every bit as dangerous as an AR-15. It is sold in a semi-auto version to sportsmen and in full automatic by assorted special operations forces worldwide.
Emphasis mine. Since the Sigsauer is just as dangerous as the AR-15, we can’t single out one make or model. If we are doing to do an assault weapons ban, we need to cover all “weapons of war,” as Hillary Clinton called them. Weapons designed for self-defense or hunting are totally appropriate. But military-style weapons that were designed solely for mass slaughter have no place in our society.