I don't want to put words in Ren's mouth (he does fine without any help). 

What i think he's taking exception with is you calling "A skilled military rifleman" "very dangerous."

I get what you're saying, but this plays into the hysteria of the general public and their irrational fear of firearms.  It's one of the argument they have against public carry.  Someone involved in a road rage incident is "more dangerous" if they are licensed to carry a firearm.  I don't think that's true, since a car or truck can be a dangerous and lethal weapon, too.

Does being a skilled military rifleman make you dangerous?  If so, then most mass shooters would have been skilled military riflemen I imagine.

I think it's a better choice of words to say a skilled military rifleman can be more effective if they decide to commit mass murder.  Their thought process is what's dangerous.  Their skill just makes them more capable of executing their plan.

Just sayin'.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/maine-pol-stunning-mea-culpa-231600963.html

The state lawmaker whose hometown in Maine was torn apart by a gunman wielding a sniper rifle on Wednesday issued a stunning mea culpa on Thursday, apologizing for previously voting against an assault rifle ban and vowing to do everything possible to outlaw “weapons of war.”

“The time has now come for me to take responsibility for this failure which is why I now call on the United States Congress to ban assault rifles like the one used by the sick perpetrator of this mass killing,” said State Rep. Jared Golden, whose district includes Lewiston, where Army marksman Robert Card allegedly killed 18 people in a bowling alley and a nearby bar.

Golden conceded his prior opposition to gun control measures was based on several “misjudgments,” among them, his “fear of this dangerous world,” his determination to protect his wife and daughter in their home, and his “false confidence that our community was above this and that we could be in full control.”

Card, a trained firearms instructor in the U.S. Army Reserve, used a sniper rifle with .308 caliber bullets to unleash the carnage on Wednesday, officials told NBC News. Grainy photos released by cops, who were still hunting for Card on Thursday night, appeared to show a second magazine attached to his high-powered weapon.

If you knew nothing about firearms etc. What are the key elements you would take away from this article?

Patrick Henry Sherrill (November 13, 1941 – August 20, 1986) was born in Watonga,
Oklahoma, and had served in the United States Marine Corps. Sherrill was described
as a loner by those who knew him.[14] He was considered an expert marksman,[1]
gaining experience in small-arms through being in the Oklahoma Air National Guard,[5]
in which he was a member of a pistol team.[1]

Texas church shooter Devin Kelley escaped from a psychiatric hospital five years
before carrying out the worst mass killing in Texas history, according to a police
report released on Tuesday.

Kelley had previously served in the U.S. Air Force, and was stationed at Holloman
Air Force Base in New Mexico from 2010 until his discharge in 2014, an Air Force
spokesperson confirmed to Fox News.

He was court-martialed in 2012 for assaulting his wife and his child, and later received
a bad conduct discharge from the Air Force, in addition to confinement for 12 months,
and was reduced in rank.

If they really wanted to save lives, they would address mental health issues.  But confiscating guns is more important.  Those lives in Maine would have been spared if they addressed the shooters mental health signals.

Are our nation's leaders really concerned with saving people's lives?  Or is there another, more important agenda.......

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/vp-harris-follow-australia-s-example-confiscate-american-s-guns/ar-AA1iWWcr?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=HCTS&cvid=33b2137149e049078fa670064e4df84c&ei=14

...
This commentary has also led some gun activists to imply that Australia's reforms amounted
to a "surrender" of firearms ownership.

Despite this, evidence suggests that the number of guns in Australia may now be higher than
before Port Arthur.

Gun policy research shows that the total number of firearm imports to Australia since 2008
has been consistently higher than figures recorded in 1996 (although the same statistics show
there was a sudden spike of imports in 1997).

A 2021 article published by the University of Sydney also found that, while the proportions of
Australians that hold a gun license and Australian households with a firearm have fallen
dramatically since 1997, people who already owned guns have bought more.

It added that government figures on imports of modern firearms for private owners now
"fluctuate between 65,000 and 116,000 each year."

Furthermore, a 2019 report by The Australia Institute stated the number of guns per gun owner
in the country had increased from 2.1 guns per gun owner since 1997 to 3.9. Additionally, it found
the number of firearms reported in Australia were higher than pre-Port Arthur levels.

So, while Australia's changes to gun ownership laws have made possession a far more
stringent process, and some illegal firearms have been bought back by the state after the law
was passed, it hasn't resulted in a "surrender" by private owners.

There is also evidence to suggest that the changes to Australia's gun laws have correlated
with a reduction in mass shootings.

However, the accuracy of the claim that gun laws have eradicated mass shootings in part
depends on the definition of such a crime.

A RAND Corporation analysis of mass shootings in Australia since 1996 defines mass
shootings as incidents in which four or more people have been killed.

In a separate report on mass shootings in the United States, RAND also highlighted
disagreement on whether a mass shooting can only be referred to as such if it took place
in a public setting.

If they really wanted to save lives, they would address mental health issues.  But confiscating guns is more important.  Those lives in Maine would have been spared if they addressed the shooters mental health signals.

Are our nation's leaders really concerned with saving people's lives?  Or is there another, more important agenda.......

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/vp-harris-follow-australia-s-example-confiscate-american-s-guns/ar-AA1iWWcr?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=HCTS&cvid=33b2137149e049078fa670064e4df84c&ei=14

Notice how all these mass shootings the shooter always has a mental problem and use drugs that are prescribed.  And those shooters who were captured alive some say that voices told them to do it.  Watch this video.  I'll post time stamps.

24:07....Professor shows students he can project sounds into your head without hearing it out loud and other people won't hear it.  (MKULTRA does not seem to far fetched now does it)
32:05....List of mass shootings where shooters were mentally ill.

Conspiracy theory?  What do you think, choice is yours. 

https://rumble.com/v3rwm2d-ep-3197b-ds-just-played-their-card-big-fail-game-over-speaker-was-the-targe.html

The news reports that the dude offed himself.

https://youtu.be/zcm-19myigo?si=H3fnLOAXp5RgKcrQ