Most Americans agree that the AR-15 assault rifle has no place in civilian hands. It has no hunting or home protection uses. But it is popular in mass shootings. Most recently, this was the weapon of choice for an attack on a Florida school. Nickolas Cruz opened fire on Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students during dismissal with a semiautomatic AR-15 rifle which was purchased legally. An armed police officer at the school did not encounter the gunman during the shooting, which demonstrates that increasing school security is not enough to address this issue. Three of the ten most lethal shootings in our history has come in the last year. The only sensible solution to this problem of epidemic proportions is to Ban AR-15 and AR-15 type weapons from civilian ownership now.
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