Originally Posted by dropnosky

why ridiculous? The absence of the most destructive weapons he could find would have changed his behavior in some way. I think its completely plausible to consider that a weapon that was slower firing, with smaller or slower rounds would have made a big difference in the amount of damage hes done.
In other words, all those self defense weapons and rounds his mother stockpiled sure made a difference against the government she needed them to protect herself from.