"And since the assault weapons ban expired deaths from mass shootings have tripled here. And there isn't a single country on planet earth – and that includes every industrialized democracy – that has the obscene amount of gun violence we have."

You know, Lyle, that's correct but you can state that truth 1,000 times or 100,000 times and many owners of those type of killing machines will still disagree with you. Those weapons are designed for only one purpose- to kill people. When I grew up and hunted on the farm, a shotgun was enough for me; I guess those who have or want AR-style weapons for "hunting" (people are the only living thing to "hunt" with them) or for "home security" are just lousy shots...

Welcome to Idiocracy in action.