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> Come on, you don't go to a mall with a pencil, a brick or a bow and kill 50+ people.

Neither do folks with 'assault weapons.' More people are killed with knives than with all long guns; approximately as many are killed with fists & feet[1]. 'Assault weapons' bans are just feel-good measures.

Oh, and shells are artillery ammunition …

[1] https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2011/crime-in-the-u.s.-...



Not to mention that knives can stab right through kevlar...


Shells are also the common term for the ammunition used in shotguns.




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