Ban Rifles?

​Modern sporting rifle confiscation (assault weapon buyback)
Adult men outside of military service are the unorganized militia. They are supposed to keep military weapons to maintain civil order The Kyle Rittenhouse Story Explained – NBC Chicago , The Bank Raid - Northfield Historical Society (northfieldhistory.org) , counter rebellion   ShaysRebellionPAT_final.pdf (umbc.edu) , repel invasion Forbidden Photos Reveal What Life In Hawaii Was Like After Pearl Harbor | HuffPost Latest News and deter tyranny Cambodian Genocide: 1975-1979 - Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory Committee. Militia arms might also prove useful for protecting the home January 2017: Patty Hearst Kidnapping — FBI Why “High Powered” 5.56 NATO/.223 AR-15 Ammo is Safer For Home Defense (FBI overpenetration testing) - Gripknife or hunting California Outdoors Q&A | deer hunting 9 Best Cartridges and Calibers for Hog Hunting – Backfire . An Act concerning shooting in long bows - Wikisource, the free online library People also practice archery and sword fencing though they are not front line weapons in 2022. Archery in Tudor England - Janet Wertman
The military has adopted full-automatic assault rifles that fire a less powerful round than the .30-06 battle rifle cartridge. While the Lebel battle rifle was sighted to 2400-meters; machine guns, mortars and artillery are now available for targets at that distance. Germany found the average soldier could not identify and fire at an individual enemy further than 300-meters. The less powerful assault rifle cartridges are accurate and powerful enough at 300-meters.
Assault rifles are adapted to full-automatic fire with stocks in-line with the barrel, tall sights, vertical hand grips and detachable box magazines. Germany fielded a full-automatic battle rifle called the FG-42 (paratrooper’s rifle) but found it was not controllable in automatic fire. The nine-pound full-automatic M-14 battle rifle was supposed to not only replace the 18-pound Browning automatic rifle; but also the 10-pound Garand M-1, the five-pound M-1 Carbine (with less powerful ammunition, the .45 Thompson submachine gun and the .45 self-loading pistol. The M-14 proved uncontrollable in automatic fire and was soon replaced by the Armalight rifle firing an intermediate power .223/5.56mm cartridge.
Citizens taking their militia duty seriously often prefer to purchase an Armalight (AR-15) rifle in 5.56X45mm (.223 Remington). It fires military ammunition which will be produced even in times of war. As a NATO cartridge, it is also produced in several nations and is available when other calibers are in short supply. Like all widely used military rifles, the bugs and weaknesses have been eliminated or addressed.  Barrels on civilian rifles might be rated for 1000 to 10,000 rounds while the AR-15 barrels of 4150 steel are expected to last 12,000- 20,000 rounds. Which AR-15 barrel should I get? 4150 CMV Black Nitride or 416R Stainless Steel? - Veriforce Tactical Parts, accessories’ and trained armorers are available. Veterans are familiar with the operation and maintenance.
 
The Federal government will not eliminate crime by confiscating rifles. While the USA experienced 13,927 homicides in 2019, only 364 were with a rifle. 600 were committed with hands and feet. 1,476 were done with knives. FBI — Expanded Homicide Data Table 8  The Mexican cartels have no problem getting firearms in a country with only one gun store for citizens. The Cartels have great success smuggling drugs and people into the USA. Police have been less successful confiscating guns from criminals in Chicago or New York City.
The majority of school shootings are done with pistols. List of school shootings in the United States (before 2000) - Wikipedia  Raising the age of legal firearm purchase will not help. Half the shooters are under 18-years old and didn’t purchase their arms legally. Some stole weapons from home. Some killed family members to get guns and vehicles. Half of the shooters between 18 and 21-years old used handguns they could not purchase at the gun dealer. FACT CHECK: Have Assault Weapons Been Used In ‘Hundreds’ Of School Shootings? | Check Your Fact I believe Josh Sugarman proposed banning military style rifles as a warm up to banning handguns.
Magically eliminating firearms from the Earth will not disarm evildoers. Look at history. Please. Siege of Kiev | Weapons and Warfare Fifty-thousand inhabitants gave their skulls to the victory mound. Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus' - Wikipedia. The worst school massacre was done with explosives: Bath School disaster - Wikipedia 1927. Gasoline is perfect for arson/murder: Happy Land fire - Wikipedia 87 dead $1 gasoline.
But we don’t have magic so gun control is not perfect: Mexico violence: With only one gun shop, why all the murders? - BBC News. Where do the cartels get grenade launchers? Mexican Military Seizes Cartel's Rocket Launchers, Dynamite, Grenades near U.S. Border (breitbart.com) How do cartels get RPG and AT stuff ??? : NarcoFootage (reddit.com) RPG’s are not found in the typical American gun store.
There may also be domestic resistance to disarmament: Waco siege - Wikipedia 20+ children killed, Remembering Lives Lost in Oklahoma City Bombing, 24 Years Later | PEOPLE.com 19 children killed That time Eric Swalwell threatened to go nuclear on gun owners. Literally | Washington Examiner Could be some of that collateral damage.