Why are mass killings so common in the US? Is there really no way to prevent mass killings in the US?

@YukikoAmagi but you can kill a lot more and more easily with an assault rifle

The 2019 Dayton shooter used this 100 round magazine. There's no reason such a deadly thing should be legal.


Killed 9, wounded 17 more - - in 32 sec before cop arrived.
@YukikoAmagi You can't do that with a knife.

@ElwoodBlues it was reported on the BBC News this morning that that gun's manufacturer has cancelled its appearance at the NRA meeting; and later that the Governor of Texas has followed suit.

I've never understood why any civilian would want to own any such weapons unless for evil ends, nor why they are available publicly.

A single-shot gun is bad enough. Though it might only kill one person, a horrible crime as it is, if fired in a public place, especially from a vehicle, that person is likely to be anyone but the intended victim. It has happened here in Britain but fortunately such murders - outside of political terrorist attacks that anyway usually use bombs or other means - are extremely rare here.

@YukikoAmagi [quote] you can kill people with other items, if there is no gun people can use knife, steel pipe, glass bottle or even fork [/quote]
Yes but guns are designed for killing forks are not. So you see…