School children are dead, county workers in California are dead, concert and nightclub goers are dead... all have the AR15 in common.
The list of things all the shootings have in common is HUGE. As in nearly every thing on earth huge. If you want to go to the extreme, they all happened on Earth!!! so, we need to ban Earth!! (or, at least, leave.. right??)
From 1986 through the 90s, the "weapon of choice" of the wackjob killers was an AK-47 style semiauto. Today, its an AR.
On a particular day in September, a couple THOUSAND people were killed, without a single gun of any kind being used. NO AR, no AK. no ASSAULT WEAPON, no gun of any kind. Just the itty bitty blades of utility knives (aka box cutters) available in every store in America that has a hardware section. No age limit, no background check, no capacity limit LAW on how many blades you can store in the handle, no permit required, just a simple everyday tool used daily by millions of people lawfully.
Forgive the fantasy reference, but those who blame the tool don't understand the "Riddle of Steel", and the press, if not the direct cause, is the major contributing factor.
The sword is nothing without a hand to wield it.