Mass public shootings today are more frequent and deadlier.

[yagotme]

15. Wow, those old time military muzzleloaders should be outlawed, too.

They tend to explode bones, too. Ask any civil war doctor how many amputations he had to do.

Since you don't think the .45 ACP is nearly as lethal as 5.56, how about 7.62 NATO? Here's some numbers to crunch: 20 rd standard magazine, 147 gr FMJBT bullet, approx. 2700 FPS. I'd say that one is a bit more lethal. Will have the same target effect as the 5.56, with more penetration. (Don't know why, but every VN vet I've talked to that had a choice, kept the M-14. Maybe that should tell us something...)