Here's the problem with thinking than banning the AR-15 and other semi-automatic rifles will solve the school shooting problem. To date, the deadliest school shooting in America [[Virginia Tech) was committed with two pistols!

No rifle involved, no 30 round capacity magazines [[Most of the mags carried by the shooter were 10 rounds) and even then he managed to slaughter 33 adults! Sure, most rounds typically fired from an AR-15 will do more damage than a 9mm, but at these distances well placed shots are generally going to be lethal no matter what.

Banning the AR-15 in a quest to reduce school shootings is like banning the Dodge Charger to reduce speeding on Detroit freeways. In either instance the speeders [[And shooters) will simply use what's still available and do exactly the same thing.