[ianch99]

Originally Posted by spiderplant

The issue is the marketing, not the ability of the weapon to kill people.

"had been illegally marketed by the company to civilians as a combat weapon for waging war and killing human beings."

Presumably the ammo supplier hadn't done this.

The issue is marketing *and* the ability of the weapon to kill people. There no justification in a civil society to market a military grade semi-automatic rifle for sale to civilians.