IHS - Your bit about "fully automatic assault rifles" is gratuitous, and quite frankly off-topic (I won't get into the redundancy of the phrase). None of the killers listed above used FA, none of the defenders used FA. Holly-wierd propaganda notwithstanding, FA isn't a great deal easier to obtain in the US than it is here.
To make the leap from debating CCW of a handgun by a trained and qualified non-felon, to decrying the free-love availability of personal machine guns (completely ignoring the fact that the notion is incorrect), is the height of faulty debating. It's blatant emotionalism, and
suggests both a lack of understanding of the topic, and a prejudice that approaches "knee-jerk."
This is not the skilled auteur I have enjoyed reading in other threads. What happened?
Edit - "demonstrates" changed to "suggests". The original was too pompous and judgemental, even for me.