Posted on 07/10/2014 4:56:59 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
The .223/5.56 won’t outrange the .308, but the AR platform is more accurate at most competition distances.
If the police believe that AR-15s are necessary for their normal work (many police departments already carry carbines in their patrol cars), then fine; I can own one, too, if I choose. If they think they need something fully automatic like an M16 (say in a high-crime area or along a major drug route), great. But you'd better get rid of all those silly unconstitutional laws that make it unreasonably difficult for me to own one, too.
If the police purchase an MRAP for just the cost of delivery, more power to them. They just better not prevent me from purchasing an Abrams tank for the same price if I so desire!
After all, if the police believe there's a credible threat against which they must be that heavily armed, then I should arm myself against that threat, too, shouldn't I?
The first time I became aware of just how much better the heavy .223 bullets do over the .308 bullets was when I shot and old syrup cooker which looked a bit like a WWI Helmet lying on it’s back.
I shot it with both an HK-91 with German surplus ammo and the Colt H-Bar with a 20 inch barrel. This was at a range of around 600 yards. It was easy to hit with either gun but the H-Bar shot flatter and it put holes through the cooker. The .308 just put a dent in them.
“Isn’t this the place thats shooting lots of people?”
Yeah, and in one of their counties, you can get pulled over for a traffic violation and have a colonoscopy to check your dumper for drugs at a hospital in the next county. New Mexico, sure has the right name now doesn’t it!
Who are the Albuquerque police at war with?
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