Posted on 12/30/2023 5:38:12 AM PST by MtnClimber
The Seventh Circuit has recently ruled AR-15 pattern rifles are not protected by the Second Amendment. The lawless ruling ignores the Heller and Bruen decisions.
Leading the list of long guns sold, the ubiquitous AR-15 is the most popular sporting rifle in America. Circa 2023, Americans own more than 23 million. The AR-15 is also the rifle type democrats/Socialists/Communists are most desperate to ban, that and so-called “high capacity magazines,” which have been standard capacity magazines since the Vietnam War.
Image: Colt AR-15 carbine, author
Considering d/S/C support for criminals and their overt efforts to abolish or cripple the police, it’s easy to understand why Americans continue to buy arms and ammunition in record quantities: they tend to do the opposite of what government wants–-they’re American that way–-and they’re not stupid. To set the record straight a brief AR-15 primer:
*“AR” does not stand for “assault rifle,” and certainly not for “assault weapon,” a linguistic invention best understood as any gun anti-liberty/gun cracktivists want to ban. Eugene Stoner, the AR’s inventor, worked at Armalite, thus, “Armalite Rifle.”
*Virtually all AR-pattern rifles are semiautomatics, unlike the military M4. It’s theoretically possible to own a machinegun in AR form, but as I recently explained, is all but impossible.
*ARs do not fire a “high-powered” cartridge. The .223/5.56 NATO cartridge is intermediate power, useful in hunting animals the size of coyotes. The main military advantage is the cartridge is small and weighs much less than true high-powered rounds. Many more may be carried for the same weight and space. The cartridge is not uniquely dangerous or deadly, and our warfighters have long complained about its relative ineffectiveness. Modern combat occurs at far closer ranges than past combat....
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
A very basic primer oriented to people unfamiliar with the AR15 or guns in general.
The left's demands regarding the AR-15 boil down to "big scary gun".
I used my Covid check to buy a backup AR-15 and 2000 rounds. Thanks Donald Trump! Sorry gen Z.
Especially not the pink ones.
My AK-47 feels rejected. Last century wooden stock and oversized 7.62 round is to heavy of ammo for the beta boys to carry around, you know, with the weight of a steel weapon and all. Thats ok tho, she knows I still love her and thats all that matters!
The local gun shop sells them as fast as it gets them, according to the owner.
AK and AR get along well together in a gun cabinet. Or so I’ve heard.
My ‘stimulus’ check was spent in a similar fashion. It is best that expendable supplies won out over one of the new Colt snake guns. Besides it is already in the budget for 3rd qtr 2024.
I told her that I served in the Army during the Vietnam era and that I was at least somewhat familiar with the M-16 and the AR-15. I told her that the AR-15 would never be suited for the military while the M-16 most certainly was suited for that purpose.
I don't think I convinced her. My guess is that she clings to her "big scary gun" thinking.
[[The Seventh Circuit has recently ruled AR-15 pattern rifles are not protected by the Second Amendment. ]]
Bull! There are no exemptions to the “arms” the second amendment speaks of!
I know. All of the new woman shooters. That is a good thing.
If you wanna see a room full of people with the vapors, print that out and hand put flyers stat8ng those facts at a democrat convention
Magazine capacity is far more important than auto vs semi. How many rounds can I fire before I have to reload?
Actually, I think you might be mistaken.
From what I have seen, the AR-15 and M-16 I believe have a great deal in common, structurally and functionally.
The difference is how the “lower” is machined or drilled out. (the “lower” is what the Feds regard as “the gun”) and as such, it is the one that is stamped with identifiers.
Usually.
From what I understand, it is technically quite easy to change an AR-15 semiautomatic to a full automatic if you are willing to break the law and have the resources to make or buy the small part(s) needed to accomplish the conversion.
I am sure there are those who know more about this kind of thing than I do.
I have often wondered if their whole obsession with the AR-15 has as much to do with that fact (that they could be converted) as the emotionally scary (to them) black color of the firearm.
I got my dad’s old M-1 Carbine (that somehow got “stuck” in his duffel bag coming back from Vietnam). Made by Winchester. Checked the serial number- it was made some time before September, 1942. Still has the old sights on it (doesn’t amount to windage). Still take it out to the range.
I’ve never thought of my AR as a sporting rifle.
You might if you were shooting herds of wild pigs.
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