Guns were used in many shootings, mainly Handguns as Handguns are the number one weapon used in shootings/homicides across the us coming in at around 75% of homicides. The gun control movement is mainly focusing on rifles such as the AR-15.
Again if you look at the statistics you can see that gun sales spike after most mass shootings happen as people want to have a way to defend themselves from possible shooters like the Vegas shooter. A main reason for owning a firearm is to have the advantage on the attacker, if you were attacked by someone with a handgun you would want the the advantage in that situation so you would ideally want a rifle or a shotgun. …show more content…
If the school officer wasn’t there than Austin could of gone through his plan and killed a lot or even more than the Columbine/Parkland, showing that guns could really help in those situations. If you look at the locations that shootings happen at gun free zones as the attacker would want to have the advantage upon his