Do you not think there's a reason AR-15s are designed to look like a "machine gun"? Is there an actual reason for that OTHER than an intentional design to look like something that appeals to THAT kind of person? (and I'm not singling out AR guns, I just don't know enough about them to know any other name they go by).
They don't look like normal hunting guns, they look like military machine guns. Why is that? There's no inherent performance advantage over a traditional style rifle (if so, all traditional hunting rifles would change to look like that) It's appealing to something, and for some reason that appeal seems to be to the weirdest sect of folks. Folks who otherwise show no affinity to "outdoors" things normally associated with guns.
I don't think killers buy those guns because they believe them to be more proficient killing weapons than another, I think the style "sells" them on an image in their own minds, it conjures up some "tough guy" Commando imagery. Think about the artillery that dude had in the Vegas hotel a couple years ago. Again, I don't believe he had normal rifles/calibers. Dude had a freaking 50-cal on a tripod. And again, I'm not against him or you having it, but my spidey-senses are going off when I see it!
I would much rather have a shotgun with buckshot if I was just wickedly intent on going into a crowd and doing damage.
You are either a troll or completely ignorant. Your 'traditional' hunting rifles as you call it are variations on the original Mauser 98 rifle, which was used by German and Spanish armies around the world for the better part of the last century. Throughout the history of guns, military weapons and their variants have eventually been adopted for civilian use.
