AR-15s are NOT the perfect tool for mass killing.

The highly respected journalist William Falk (Editor-in-Chief of the THE WEEK magazine) wrote his usually insightful “Editor’s Letter” in his March 2, 2018 edition.   It needs a correction.   "AR-15-style rifles are" NOT "the perfect tools for mass killings".  A rental truck is far easier and cheaper to acquire, load, and use.  The mass murderer in Nice, France killed nearly twice as many and wounded nearly the same number as the Las Vegas shooter (who shot more than 400 people in 10 minutes).  That motivated lone driver used less than 4 minutes.  Timothy McVeigh profoundly beat that by using a special mix of fuel oil and fertilizer in a rental truck.  That was far more difficult than grabbing an AR-15.  But killing 168 people and wounding 680 more in under three seconds!  That makes the rental truck and access to farm supplies a far more "perfect tool" for committing mass murder.  Arguably McVeigh was not mentally ill.   Perhaps there is something mentally sick with a culture that produces mass murderers that we should urgently be looking to change.