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If I were being completely candid... The primary mission of my AR-15 is simply to exist, fully operational, meticulously maintained, well supplied with several types of ammunition, in my possession.

I don't ever really expect to use it to defend my family and home from intruders. I don't expect a zombie apocalypse. I don't plan on taking up arms against a foreign or domestic power. I don't "need" it to go hunting (and it probably wouldn't be my first choice for that task either).

I do expect it to help ward off would-be tyrants and fascists. By being one of the millions of privately owned firearms it represents a very real threat. It is the literal teeth in the 2nd Amendment. All you lurkers out there that support "gun control" by the government - you, yes you, are exactly why the 2nd Amendment was written. You are the primary reason so many of us have so many firearms. Your ill-considered zeal for control and regulation is what drives so many firearms sales. These firearms are a very real reminder that you cannot and will not simply take away our freedoms, liberties, and rights.