One reason the democRATs want to pack the Supreme Court.
I used my Covid check to buy another AR-15 and 2000 rounds of ammo. Money well spent.
The Maryland definition of self defense is woefully limited. Instead of home invasions, Second Amendment proponents should cite the Floyd riots where a semi automatic weapon is needed for self defense. An AR is the perfect weapon for periods where there is a break down of policing. Just ask Kyle Rittenhouse.
Speaking about the civilian, semi-auto derivative of theColt M-16(series), have any of you been privy to those ‘retro’ models circulated through Brownell’s?
I handled ‘the Air Force model’, when it was bang du jour.
Hoping not to stub toes, with all the derivatives and aftermarket doodads, but that model, and the shorter mode the base skycops had, are what stick as the mold pictures.The triangular hanguardsets it, for me.
( of course, what do i know, being a security augmentee in the back 40 of the B-52 base in Thailand, with the CONEX sandbagged bunker 200 yards of defoliation and trip flares, and concertina wire on both sides of that for 180 d
nights straight.)
No problem, just buy an M1A or M1 Garand. Those are battlefield rifles, not an “assault rifle”, whatever that is.
The biggest problem I see about banning any weapons is that the ban would only affect law abiding citizens. As soon as weapons are banned and confiscated, the cartels will start flooding new ones across the border. Also, I’m sure criminals, gangbangers and illegals won’t step right up and turn in their banned weapons.
All this nonsense began after the murder of JFK with an Italian army surplus rifle. The claim was that these were “weapons of war” and had no business in the hands of US citizens because they were “designed to kill PEOPLE, not animals!”
In reality, it was just cover to protect New England’s sporting rifle manufacturers from cheap competition.
Such rifles and imported “Saturday Night Specials” were banned in 1968. The ban on 5 shot bolt action army surplus rifles was lifted in the Reagan years.
The anti-gun radicals are looking for ANY gun ban that will stick then they will use it to go after all firearms.
Sad to say but in the 1970s even pro-gun magazines railed against the semi-auto rifles made on military patterns till Mel Tappan wrote his book on Survival Guns. Then suddenly everyone wanted one.
George Bush Sr banned the import of foreign semi-auto military style rifle during his term in office. Wish I had bought them when they were available.
Semi-auto rifles have been available to civilians since 1903. Yes, 121 years ago. Only in 1984 did the anti-gun radicals decide to target them.
Before that(1962_1984) the mantra was “We ONLY want to register and ban HANDGUNS! Rifles will not be affected!”
Anyone remember THIS POLICE RAID in 1971 Maryland? There used to be bumper stickers saying “KEN BALLEW COULD BE YOU!”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Ballew_raid
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