@MontereyJack,
Progressives really hate facts, but no. Facts are not nonsense.
"Outlawing a rifle whenever it has pistol grips on it" is exactly the same thing as "outlawing pistol grips on that rifle."
"Asking you to explain your claim" isn't nonsense. That's a standard reaction when people make preposterous claims. And it's pretty telling that you dodged the question.
You have in fact made "measures that might save lives" secondary to "your desire to outlaw pistol grips for no reason".
The idea that you would say that "challenging your claims head-on is not even remotely deflection" is nonsense shows that you really have no conception of reality.
And your inability to point out anything that I am wrong about is pretty strong evidence that I have no illusions.