Are certain weapons too destructive and powerful for the general public to own?

@BizSuitStacy AR 15 is NOT a powerful weapon. It is a varmint gun. Not a lot larger than the .22. media lies constantly about this wonderful rifle.

@Baremine Correct, but my question is for the OP, or for anyone who repeats the, "high powered, weapon of war, designed for mowing down nuns and orphans" narrative.

@BizSuitStacy okay. I remember the media crying away back in Vietnam about monks getting shot up. Trouble is the monks were packing AK 47's under their robes. My buddy got his purple heart because a kid dropped a grenade into a group of guys in Siagon. What appears innocent can kill you.

@MarmeeMarch accuracy only depends on the person using the rifle. The AR 15 possesses no special magic to make a bad shooter good. Believe me I know.

@MarmeeMarch Yes, you're correct.
The AR-15 is lightweight, has minimal recoil and is very accurate. I've trained extensively with them. The OP is saying certain guns are too powerful for the police to respond against and is suggesting they should be banned from civilian ownership. But it's not the type of firearm that made this situation so difficult. It's the fact that he walked into the school, unencumbered, fully armed and was able to barricade himself inside a classroom.

@MarmeeMarch obviously

@MarmeeMarch Yes. Larger rounds and higher velocities. The AR-15 is on the low end of a mid-powered rifle. The .223 & 5.56 mm rounds it shoots lack the power to leglly hunt deer in most states.

@BizSuitStacy Right. It's a mouse gun. Shoot Haji running across the street and it just leaves a hole and he keeps running, because the bullet doesn't have time to be effective in his malnourished body.