First. The majority of inner city (that is where most of it happens) shootings are committed with common hand guns.
Second. The criminal use of an object does not make the possession of a similar item wrong.
I'd love to discuss this with you in person, but that will probably never happen.
80,000,000 Americans own 450,000,000 firearms.
There are 10,000 murders committed by criminals per year, 90%and more occur in cities and States run by Democrats that have extremely strict gun laws.
Question: How do you twist this into a Republican problem.