Posted on 06/14/2016 4:09:27 PM PDT by Kaslin
No, Rep. Alan Grayson—an AR-15 rifle cannot shoot 700 rounds per minute. And CNNs Erin Burnett did nothing to press him on this outrageous claim during her on-camera interview with him Sunday. Now, the AR-15 wasnt the rifle used in the Orlando attack, which left 49 people dead in the worst mass shooting in American history. It also was a likely terrorist attack, but lets discuss these remarks by Grayson because it shows how the anti-gun Left has no clue what theyre talking about.
Alan Grayson claims AR-15 can fire 700 rounds per minute, which is ridiculous
If I may just say this one thing further, if he were who he was, and he was was not able to buy a weapon that shoots off 700 rounds in a minute, a lot of those people would still be alive. Thats exactly right. If somebody like him had nothing worse to deal with than a Glock pistol, which was his other weapon today. He might have killed three or four people and not 50. Its way too easy to kill people in America today and we have to think long and hard about what to do about that.
Youre right about that. Thank you very much, said Burnett.
This AR must've been broken cause it definitely didn't shoot 700 BPM. pic.twitter.com/cKKgOowkkL— Julia Porterfield (@JK_Porterfield) June 14, 2016
Over at INJO, Joe Perticone aptly noted how a) the AR-15 rifle isnt an assault rifle; b) AR isnt short for assault rifle"; and c) the AR-15 isnt as powerful as a hunting rifle, though it can be chambered in over 30 calibers. Mostly, these rifles are chambered to fire .223/5.56 rounds.
1. An assault rifle has selective fire.
That means that the user can toggle between at least two settings, semiautomatic and automatic.
The AR-15 is a gas powered semiautomatic rifle, meaning one pull of the trigger corresponds to only one round being fired.
In contrast, the M16 and sometimes the M4, which are the United States militarys small arms rifle of choice, do fire automatically. The M16 and M4 also allow a three-round burst option, which is also not possible on an AR-15.
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The AR-15 is not that powerful when compared to common hunting rifles. A .223 round is often too small to take down large game like deer and elk.
In many cases, the .223 is prohibited for hunting certain game. Because of its lack of power, it might not fully kill the animal, leading to suffering.
[…]
Another misconception is that the AR in AR-15 is an abbreviation for assault rifle. It is not. The AR is an abbreviation for ArmaLite Rifle, after the company that designed the firearm.
The AR-15 isnt new either. Its first iteration was seen in the late 1950s. In the video below, an automatic AR-15 (so, one that isnt readily available for civilians, requires an ATF tax stamp for ownership, a lengthy background check, and your name and weapon added into federal database) is fired until the point of malfunction. The person in the video could get off 830 rounds before the barrel failed—and this is not even the rifle used in the attack.
a href=https://youtu.be/BSizVpfqFtw>ULTIMATE AR-15 MELTDOWN!
He warns that the heat from the barrel could set off rounds prematurely. The gas tube can be melted, pretty much this is one of the things you dont want to do to your AR-15, which liberals dont know because again—they have no clue what theyre talking about. Its not the safest thing either.
Rep. Alan Grayson, you’re an IDIOT!!!!
Let’s see this mental midget do it then.
That can not be repeated enough.
And it burns fossil fuels! We need to ban these things and require solar powered rifles!
that graphic always makes me laugh... best part is the actual Glock is an AK47
A shyster lawyer like Grayson can spew 700 words of bs a minute.
700 rounds a minute from 30 round magazines...
What man, model rifle did this POS use during his killing spree ?
My fully-automatic Saturday Night Special Glock revolver assault-rifle fires 10,000 rounds a minute out its spray nozzle and it comes with million round clips that all on their own have been known to mow down entire schoolyards of children.
It’s black and ugly and scary and pregnant women have been known to miscarry at the mere mention of it!
(Now watch some idiot in the media quote me as if this thing really exists.)
That arrogant pos occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave lied to Grayson and that idiot bought his lie hook line and sinker
Random stuff.
And you won’t see the letters `AR-15’ or the Colt rampant pony on anything but a Colt.
So arguably the only AR-15 is the Colt. The rest are M-4orgeries, though practically identical in all other respects.
“Military Spec.”: means standards (particularly metal alloys) that came out starting about the time the first `57 Chevy rolled off the assembly line.
And anyone familiar with the Army knows how receptive they are to change: getting Stoner’s new rifle in the hands of the troops was like pulling teeth.
And once the troops did get them they looked like something from a Buck Rogers movie and were supplied with ammo that made their bolt carriers cycle too fast and they didn’t have cleaning kits. The kits were all made for .30 caliber. The direct gas impingement system gets dirty fast.
A lot of troops actually wrote home from their tropical vacations and asked Mom to send them their Outers .22 cleaning kits.
So the M-16 got off to a rocky start.
But like it or not Babs, Di, Chuck, Hills, it is now America’s rifle, just as the Mauser action Springfield was after WWI and the semi-auto after WWII.
The deep, dark secret of the Democrats and why Uniparty hates the latest modern sporting rifle.
It’s because it’s black ....
LOL...Yeah...:o))
Nor can a full auto m-16 fire 700 rds per min
Ironically, the cyclic rate of fire of the m-16 on full auto is considered to bd too fast to optimally effective
Faster is not always better
Sig Sauer MCX is what I’ve heard.
” Rep. Alan Grayson: An AR-15 Rifle Can Fire 700 Rounds In A Minute”
Well, that’s not nearly as dangerous as its grenade launchers.
My M16A1 runs at about 850 RPM.The best I can do on full auto with 30 round mags is about 180 rounds per minute,assuming I’m at least trying to aim the weapon and do bursts of 3-5 rounds each.
Dumb A. Grayson is not the only one to make stupid statements. Comments by B. Obama should offend all normal Americans.
This is one of my favorites!
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