Semiautomatic rifles are the most common type of rifle sold in America. Yet, they only account for 2% of the murders in this country. Knives are used in seven times more murders than rifles. 

That .50 cal ‘sniper rifle’ costs over $10,000 and has no history of being a murder weapon in this country. I’m not a Rhodes scholar but banning firearms that aren’t used in crimes isn’t going to put a dent into reducing murders. 

All magazines must be reloaded. 

It is fine to call out for better background checks but what change would have caught the Vegas murderer? He was a former government employee, worked for a defense contractor, and was a retired multimillionaire with no criminal background. 

If you are going to call for limiting a civil right, it needs to show it has disproportionate impact on crime and not law abiding citizens. 

Finally, outlawing a rifle type isn’t going to stop mass murders. In 2016, a truck was used in Nice to kill 86 people and injure 458.