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Texas shooting suspect's choice of guns complicates debate over assault rifles
as Vegas introduced Americans to the rapid-fire lethality of bump stocks. Parkland reminded the public how quickly someone can inflict mass carnage with an AR-15, the weapon of choice in many rampages.
But Friday's shooting at Santa Fe High School, which left 10 dead, was carried out with a pistol and a shotgun - firearms that even gun-control advocates generally regard as utilitarian.
The reality that weapons not included in proposed assault-rifle bans can still exact a double-digit death toll further complicates a wrenching national debate about how to prevent future tragedies.
"That's true" that weapons other than assault rifles can kill many people at once, conceded Avery W. Gardiner, co-president of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, which favors a federal ban on assault rifles but not on shotguns or pistols.
Scott Pearson, father of a Santa Fe High football player, suggested Friday's wretched result would have been the same, regardless of weapon.
"You can do this with anything," said Pearson, who sometimes drove the alleged shooter, Dimitrios Pagourtzis, home from practice. "Almost everybody has a pistol or a shotgun for protection."
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Texas shooting suspect's choice of guns complicates debate over assault rifles
as Vegas introduced Americans to the rapid-fire lethality of bump stocks. Parkland reminded the public how quickly someone can inflict mass carnage with an AR-15, the weapon of choice in many rampages.
But Friday's shooting at Santa Fe High School, which left 10 dead, was carried out with a pistol and a shotgun - firearms that even gun-control advocates generally regard as utilitarian.
The reality that weapons not included in proposed assault-rifle bans can still exact a double-digit death toll further complicates a wrenching national debate about how to prevent future tragedies.
"That's true" that weapons other than assault rifles can kill many people at once, conceded Avery W. Gardiner, co-president of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, which favors a federal ban on assault rifles but not on shotguns or pistols.
Scott Pearson, father of a Santa Fe High football player, suggested Friday's wretched result would have been the same, regardless of weapon.
"You can do this with anything," said Pearson, who sometimes drove the alleged shooter, Dimitrios Pagourtzis, home from practice. "Almost everybody has a pistol or a shotgun for protection."
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Texas shooting suspect's choice of guns complicates debate over assault rifles
