I would elaborate on that as well. The main focus of the media is on "assault style weapons" which translates to semi-automatic rifles. Of that < 1% of deaths, rifles (of any sort) are the weapon type in less than 3%. Literally nearly all gun deaths are caused by pistols, yet the media obsesses on rifles. Even if we filter to mass shootings, the primary weapon is most often, again, a pistol. [1]

How many people are aware of these data? I think that ignorance is going to be primarily the media's fault.

[1] - https://news.vice.com/article/glock-pistol-omar-mateen-orlan...