Posted on 08/16/2022 4:37:49 AM PDT by Larry - Moe and Curly
"No American Should Own an AR-15
Michael Yon
No American should own an AR-15. Reasons are obvious.
Let’s walk through it.
American children should not be exposed to guns until they are old enough to run and climb on and off a couch without assistance. Running and the couch maneuver is proof of dexterity. This is required to begin teaching shooting stance and martial arts. Plastic guns only until age six.
On sixth birthday, present with Red Rider BB gun. Lever action only. None of that hyper-velocity machine gun scuba-tank stuff. That will put an eye out. BB gun marksmanship should be practiced while fishing. BB impacts on water provide velocity and drop feedback, max range feedback, and wind effects.
Do not shoot at birds unless you plan to eat them. If the child shoots a bird, get the belt out. Hurt bird = belt hurts butt. Cause and effect.
Issue one BB at a time.
This teaches fire discipline.
Kids with rich parents and automatic BB guns learn bad habits. One hundred shots and no hits. Slow down. You got one shot. Make it count.
At age 9, graduate to single shot .22 rifle. No pistols. Start actual hunting of rabbits and small game for dinner. Hunting teaches stalking and respect for the power and responsibility for everything that flows from that barrel. Single shot only. Go hunting with one bullet.
At age 10, learn to catch baby alligators by hand. Avoid all gators larger than the forearm. All gators are loaded at all times. Teach snake identification and know the quickest way to the hospital. Catch all the snakes you want.
Keep children away from the internet. If 10-year-old complains that other kids play with the internet, say you are not other kids. Get out of the house, grab the hatchet and chop some firewood and put it in the fireplace for tonight. Then get out of the house and do not return without catching a wild animal with your hands. Bring it back alive and unharmed. The neighbor girl is not a wild animal. Her father has a chainsaw. If you want to get to know his daughter, go help him chop wood.
At 12, can hunt alone with single shot .22 or single shot 20 gauge. Introduce to pistols. Permitted to hand-catch gators not greater in length than the arm.
At 14, can fire AR-15 rented at the range. No AR-15s allowed in the house.
At 16, lever action rifle of any caliber up to 45/70. Permitted to hunt gators of any size using almost all means necessary, but no explosives. Only traps, hands, hooks, or rifles.
At 17, time for an ‘AR-style’ rifle, but it must be .300 Blackout or bigger. No AR-15 caliber 5.56. The 5.56 is a child’s caliber. At 17, you are a young man and expected to do man stuff with man calibers. 5.56 is for children and the US military. Green tips, pink tips, black tips — take this tip: 5.56 is for children.
By age 17, the caliber should be .300 Black or hotter. .300 Blackout is for men. Average men. A man’s man uses 7.62 x 51, or one of those new exotics that all the Delta Force guys like. None of that 7.62 x 39 nonsense. This is not Red Dawn, and you ain’t a Wolverine. 7.62 x 39 is great for poor revolutionary commies. We ain’t poor, revolutionary, or commies.
At 17, begin night firing and with optics day and night. If you can’t handle 7.62x51, get back in the gym or chop down an acre of wood.
At 24, fly A-10 with 30mm, and if you get shot down, you know how to sling some small lead.
And now some personal observations on 5.56. I’ve seen many people close and personal shot with various calibers. Mostly 5.56 and 7.62x39. 5.56 is not a serious combat round and never should have been carried by millions of Americans for several generations.
Witness this Al Qaeda shot four times at point blank, including splattering a testicle. The terrorist, with one remaining testicle and gut-shot, still did admirable hand-to-hand. And did not die for eight months. Gotta respect a man who can get an egg shot off and still try to bite you. But this never would have happened with 7.62x51.
Gates of Fire. Read it, and ditch the children’s calibers".
https://michaelyon.substack.com/p/no-american-should-own-an-ar-15
LMAO!
Actually, I agree that Americans shouldn’t own AR-15s. The only reason we do, is be it’s such a pain in the rear to get an M-16 or a BAR. Get rid of section 922o in it’s entirety, and we’ll discover what American’s prefer to carry.
I was actually referring to the 50s. The TVs we had back then didn’t have much in the way of children’s programs and our adults didn’t let us watch anything but things like Disney programs and Howdy Doody . As we got older the movies we watched were like “War of the Worlds” and “Them”. The violence in those movies wasn’t people killing people but monsters attacking people and people always won in the end.
“Who exactly is this mofo to be telling e or anyone lese what we can own or not own?! Holy sh*t, this country and world gone super stupid.”
Michael Yon is a former Special Forces operator that was embedded as a war correspondent with US & UK troops during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, pushing out articles of what he was experiencing on the front-lines.
I didn’t get so much that he was telling anyone what they can or can’t own, just his take on things based on his real-life experiences.
As I mentioned up thread, everyone has an opinion about the “best” weapons to have or get, and then lose in an unfortunate boating accident.
If 5.56 is stamped on the side of the receiver then you are good, regardless of what the box said. And, of course, that is your experience as well.
"""Kids with rich parents and automatic BB guns learn bad habits."""
He be right.
“There are to my knowledge no full auto BB guns.....”
What?!?!? No assault BB guns? Then where do all these school shooters get started?
Sling shots...or just rocks.
Only problem with a .243 is same as .223 - if you live in the woods, good luck hitting what you are shooting at....
if the bullet hits a twig, it’s vastly deflected...
Shoot a larger, slower moving bullet and it goes through the branches and into the target.
That’s what 30-30 is really for, or any large, slower fps bullet.
Also, my buddy had lots of deer run 100-300 yards or more after a center body shot with his .243. There’s no lockdown energy - similar to .223.
Hit the same deer with a .308 (even a worse shot location) and the deer will literally “flip” in the air sometimes...
The 5.56 is a child’s caliber. At 17, you are a young man and expected to do man stuff with man calibers.
LOL!
My brother has a .243
.243 brass is in very short supply. (it can be made from .308, but I prefer not to have wrong head stamp on brass.)
I have dies for it. But don’t shoot one.
.308 is still 30 caliber like it’s big brother the 30-06
‘Ma Triggers’ woke
My Inner ghetto..
Sorry
:Snicker:
A lot of the Depression Era gunfighters like Jelly Bryce liked breaking down the pelvis to anchor an opponent. Of course he could plant 3 between your peepers before you could raise your gun.
Gotta be an all time FR record.....took 60 posts for the first comment without reading the article‼️
.577 Martini-Henry. A real man’s cartridge!
CC
The only weapon I’ve ever heard of that was chambered for.223 and had problems shooting 5.56 was the Ruger Mini-14. And they made them mutually compatible starting in the early 90’s.
But, this sort of hyperbole does not help him:
Witness this Al Qaeda shot four times at point blank, including splattering a testicle. The terrorist, with one remaining testicle and gut-shot, still did admirable hand-to-hand. And did not die for eight months. Gotta respect a man who can get an egg shot off and still try to bite you. But this never would have happened with 7.62x51.
Easy to debunk by reading Medal of Honor recipient stories.
Adrenaline does amazing stuff. A Marine friend served with a Gunny who took two 12.7 rounds (50 cal equivalent) through the chest (one lung), a couple of AK hits 7.62x39, and grenade shrapnel, and still took out the machine gun nest.
He lived, recovered, and ended up, finally, retiring. I think he eventually got a medical.
Yes, Michael probably would say, this is humor.
As a war correspondent, people rely on him for truth.
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