Gun Control & RKBA

At least as many would have been shot with a Garand. And since the bullets have much more power probably more people would have died.

The AR is lighter, the ammo weighs less (if you had to carry 200 rounds over mountains, etc) and can be custom tweaked more easily. NONE of which would matter if carrying it and some magazines a quarter mile to a club or office were all you were going to use it for.

that's my whole point; the fixation on the AR is of no use to the discussion, the phrase 'assault rifle' detracts from the discussion. The fact it is lighter and easier to carry 20 miles matters about as much as the quality of the sound system on a truck that is going to loaded with explosives and detonated somewhere. It might matter a lot about the stereo if you were going to drive it 50K a year, tho'