Why you should already own an AR-15

Freedom Park Press ^ | 8 Jul, 2025 | D Parker

[MtnClimber]

Both sides of the Supreme Court have already acknowledged America's Rifle as in common use. This is why you should have a couple on hand.

These are dark days for the ghouls of the gun-grabber lobby. Even though pro-freedom patriots have suffered some setbacks, in the grand scheme of things, we have them in retreat. Given that, we’re here to make the case for why everyone should have an AR-15, especially in celebration of Firearm Freedom Month.

Naturally, the AR-15 and semi-automatic firearms, in general, have been one of the gun-grabbers’ biggest goals, and they made some headway in some states. But even that will work against the left. When there is no appreciable change in crime statistics, they will lose even that argument — unless they lie.

The problem for the left is that even the left-leaning side of the Supreme Court has acknowledged in case law that these venerable rifles are popular and in common use. William Kirk from Washington Gun Law TV noted in a recent video the existence of an opinion that was authored by Justice Elena Kagan with concurring opinions from Justice Clarence Thomas and Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. At the bottom of page 13 and the top of page 14 of the opinion, Justice Kagan refers to semiautomatic rifles as follows:

Mexico here focuses on the manufacturers’ production of “military style” assault weapons, among which it includes AR-15 rifles, AK-47 rifles, and .50 caliber sniper rifles. See supra, at 6; App. to Pet. for Cert. 121a. But those products are both widely legal and bought by many ordinary consumers. (The AR-15 is the most popular rifle in the country. See T.Gross, How the AR-15 Became the Bestselling Rifle in the U. S., NPR [Apr. 20, 2023].)

The gun-grabber ghouls of the left should be reeling from that, given their demonization of what has become colloquially known as “America’s Rifle,” since that was supposed to be the “low-hanging fruit” for the left in attacking the commonsense human right of self-defense.

If the ghouls don’t want you to have something, that’s a very good reason to own several. It’s basic emergency equipment that’s better to have and not need than to need and not have. In recent weeks, there have been a number of videos that make the case. But we thought we would throw out a few reasons to add to the ever-growing list because these firearms are a self-defense requirement that compares to having fire extinguishers or a first aid kit.

It’s America’s Rifle, a gun in common use that everyone should have.

Yes, technically, “AR-15” stands for Armalite and not “assault rifle.” That’s almost a subliminal National Socialist smear, given that the first true assault rifle was the StG 44 Sturmgewehr “storm” or assault rifle. Leftists are always so clever in their almost subliminal damnations and language lies. But we can take it back by simply calling it “America’s Rifle” and “trigger” them in two ways with one term.

The great thing about America’s Rifle is that it’s a small calibre with a relatively low recoil. Its modular construction lets you customize your rifle to your exact specifications, and you can change things around as you please. That can be part of the fun of getting one of these fine freedom tools.

Buying (or building) one or more will set off the gun-grabbing ghouls.

It’s like the old saying: Every time you buy a gun, a leftist loses his mind — and it’s far worse when it comes to this one, which they cannot stand to see in anyone else’s hands. It’s the Donald Trump of inanimate objects.

There’s a reason the AR-15 is called “America’s Rifle,” or the modern-day musket. It’s the commonsense firearm of the people, so why not have one perched proudly in a prominent location in your home? You can leave it unloaded and locked with a trigger guard or similar device to satisfy any local ordinances. Merely having it way up on a wall will keep it away from children in the first place, and it’ll be a great conversation starter in educating some on our commonsense human right of self-defense.

Then, there is the “prepper rule of three,” which should be self-explanatory. If you can, you should have three sets of firearms:

- One for everyday use or carry. These are your EDC, or go-to guns for home defense, at the ready and secured to the standards of whatever local draconian ordinances there may be. In the case of an AR-15, this will be the firearm you grab when you hear something go bump in the night. You may want this to be of a shorter length for clearing rooms.

- If you can afford it, and if the gun-grabbers aren’t overly oppressive in your area, you should have a second level or set that backs up the first, as in “two is one.” These would not be as accessible as the first set because they are meant to replace what might go “missing.”

- Then, it would also be a good idea to have a third, or fourth or fifth, in “deep storage” somewhere, acting as a backstop against loss of these vital tools of freedom. Perhaps it’s not as easily “accessible” as the first two, but that means that no one else can access them.

It’s a way of telling certain factions that no matter what they do, they aren’t going to be able to get all the guns, so there is no point in trying because they will fail....SNIP

[tumblindice]

And pencil barrels. The prototypes had some kind of funky squeeze cocking mechanism on the carry handle/front sight.
And “Mattel” stamped on the furniture, which both horrified and angered Sgt. Hartmann.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

I had a worse accident! While in the hospital for a tonsillectomy I also ended up with a vasectomy and the now former wife had a pawn shop come by and load everything that went “BANG”! She then took off with the proceeds.
And I was dunned for the hospital bills!

[Mean Daddy]

Because Democrats don’t want me to have one.

[RitchieAprile]

LWRC IC-A5 has the twisty flute barrel. Very distinctive. Also it a piston gun.

[Cobra64]

I opted for a Ruger Mini 14 with furniture since it is less scary at cocktail parties. 😁

[Colorado Doug]

For anyone who owns an AR15, I highly recommend a 6.5 Grendel upper for it. They are fairly inexpensive, easy to swap, as it only takes a minute or so to do it, and they add a whole new level of accuracy (especially at long distance) and they make a perfect deer round since the 123 grain bullets pack a lot more wallop than any .223 can deliver. It’s almost as good as owning two rifle for a small fraction of the cost. Who would have guessed that you could add 1 MOA accuracy at 500 yards or more to an AR for a couple hundred bucks?

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Could not fine a Ruger Mini-14 in the late 1970s and early 1980s because they were being sold to the French Police Department. In watching on TV a riot in Paris I noticed the police were armed with Ruger Mini-14s.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Back in the 1970s, the democrat were after only handguns! “Rifles will not be affected!” they said.
I was watching some crime show in which a man was handed a “sniper rifle” to a sniper, which was an original AR-15 with scope. It looked so “E-e-v-il” I felt thee news media would soon be after them. They were.

[Natty Bumppo@frontier.net]

Good article, but Eugene Stoner got it right the first time with the AR-10.

When the need arises for America’s Rifle, you are really going to wish yours was shooting .30 cal (7.62 x 51 mm) rounds, not .223 cal (5.56 x 45 mm) rounds.

[MtnClimber]

I am with you on the 30 cal. I would go with the AR-10 variant that has the DPMS style lower and upper receiver design. There is a weak point in the Stoner AR-10 lower design that he corrected with the AR-15/M-16 design. DPMS took that same change and were the first to incorporate the AR-15 receiver upgrades into the AR-10 variant design. Today most "AR-10s" use the DPMS variation of the lower receiver design. The Uppers are redesigned too for mechanical footprint compatibility.

This is what the two lower receivers look like:

The upper photo is the Stoner AR-10 design and the lower photo is the DPMS design. The weakness in the Stoner design was in the transition from the area near the trigger group to the top part which is where the buffer tube attaches. The stoner design has two 45 degree corners in the transition from the horizontal surface above the trigger group area and the vertical part in the buffer tube attachment area. The 45 degree corners, especially the one closest to the trigger group area, are where all stress is focused (from the butt stock hitting something hard or from the buffer hitting the back of the buffer tube). The corners were prone to developing cracks. The AR-15 used a rounded transition from the horizontal surface to where the surface is vertical. The lower photo shows the AR-10 sized lower that was modified to have the rounded transitions like the AR-15. The rounded transition spreads stress evenly over the curved transition and eliminates the focusing of stress that the corner causes. I know you may know this, but many people do not. If readers are thinking about building an AR-10 from parts they need to know that the two design types are not interchangeable. The upper and lower need to be the same type and the DPMS is the stronger design.

[US_MilitaryRules]

Not really America’s Rifle. We are the United States of America. There are 3 America’s. North, Central, and South America. USAR would be proper! lol