Enough

 What was the AR-15 designed to do?

Some refer to these as "assault rifles." Others suggest "America's Rifle." Originally the AR was emblematic of the original manufacturer, Armalite. Back in 1959, the Armalite folks built a gun for military use that became known as the M-16. It was the automatic version, or machine gun, used by American soldiers in Vietnam. After the war, Colt took over production of a semi-automatic version of the gun for law enforcement and civilian use. For the rather transparent purpose of killing human beings. 

Authorities in Kentucky found an AR-15 in the woods near I-75. This was near the area where several motorists were reported to have been injured by gunfire. Law enforcement officals were searching for a suspect who may have taken his semi-automatic rifle out to the forest to take some potshots at passing cars. Which, in its own ludicrous way may have been a choice made because school is not in session on a Saturday. It was only a few days after somebody decided to take his AR-15, a gift from his father, to his high school to kill two fellow students and two teachers. 

If you're going to try and kill your fellow human beings, there is not a lot of questions about what your weapon of choice might be. There have been numerous studies that show just how destructive shots fired from this "sports rifle" can be. If you're not up to looking at the graphic details, I can just let you know that the results are horrifying. 

Of course, humans aren't designed to take a lot of punishment when it comes to bullets. Especially when they are fired at close range from high-powered weapons. Like the AR-15. What would banning these "assault weapons" do? Would the events of the past week play out any differently? What sort of carnage has to occur before it makes sense to human beings who seem to be the most likely targets for shots fired, quickly, in anger? 

Haven't we seen enough?