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To: rktman

A classic blast from the past:

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/firing-ar-15-horrifying-dangerous-loud-article-1.2673201

What is it like to fire an AR-15? It’s horrifying, menacing and very very loud

t felt to me like a bazooka — and sounded like a cannon.

One day after 49 people were killed in the Orlando shooting, I traveled to Philadelphia to better understand the firepower of military-style weapons and, hopefully, explain their appeal to gun lovers.

But mostly, I was just terrified . . .

I’ve shot pistols before, but never something like an AR-15. Squeeze lightly on the trigger and the resulting explosion of firepower is humbling and deafening (even with ear protection) . . .

The recoil bruised my shoulder, which can happen if you don’t know what you’re doing. The brass shell casings disoriented me as they flew past my face. The smell of sulfur and destruction made me sick. The explosions — loud like a bomb — gave me a temporary form of PTSD. For at least an hour after firing the gun just a few times, I was anxious and irritable . . .

[This is the kind of person some on our side try to convince using logic. I don’t bother. Some are pure evil, using any opportunity to disarm us so they can grab power. Others are sissies like this pansy. Either way, we cannot communicate with them using reason.]


20 posted on 03/01/2018 7:20:58 AM PST by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: Pollster1

He sounds like fag,Jim.


21 posted on 03/01/2018 7:24:26 AM PST by shelterguy
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To: Pollster1
ROFL!!! I remember that article ... dude (?) is well named ... KUNTzman. What a thoroughgoing puss pansy.
25 posted on 03/01/2018 7:39:33 AM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: Pollster1

Haha! We did test fire a .223 in a steel building once just to see what the suppressor did for noise reduction. That was hilarious. The echo and shock wave from the supersonic round over 300 feet to the backstop was excruciating. I had my ear phones on but the guys I was with thought the suppressor would do something. It didn’t.


26 posted on 03/01/2018 7:49:48 AM PST by anton
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To: Pollster1

Just showed this to my daughter. When she stopped laughing she said, “ what a pussy”


51 posted on 03/01/2018 1:24:54 PM PST by Keyhopper (Indians had bad immigration laws)
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To: Pollster1; shelterguy; NorthMountain; anton; Keyhopper
And here's a parody of that reporter (Warning, put your drinks down while you watch)

REPORTER SHOOTS GUN FOR FIRST TIME, CHANGES HIS LIFE!!

53 posted on 03/01/2018 1:54:41 PM PST by Jed Eckert
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