A ban on assault weapons has been offered time and again as a reasonable, common sense restriction on people's gun rights. Not everyone agrees. Gun rights advocates claim that while mass murder with these weapons is horrific, rifles are involved in less than three percent of gun crime. This percentage accounts not just for AR-15s but for all rifles . They also claim that if reducing unnecessary loss of life is your goal, a sober look at statistics for leading causes of death will provide you with an unending list of causes that you can champion that will result in many more thousands of lives saved. By supporting organizations like the American Heart Association and the American Cancer Society , you could spend the rest of your life saving lives and never come close to restricting the fundamental rights of another living soul. Nonetheless, the drive we share to swiftly put an end to the assaults like Columbine, Sandy Hook, and Parkland defies explanation. ...