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Opinion: Here’s the reason people tell me they want to buy an AR-15. And it’s simply ludicrous (barf alert)
CNN ^ | 30 aug 2023 | Michael Fanone

Posted on 08/29/2023 8:17:19 PM PDT by rellimpank

No weapon has been more in the public eye in America of late than the AR-15, in large part because of its tragic role in some of this country’s deadliest shootings.

The AR-15 has the dubious distinction of being America’s most popular semi-automatic rifle. I’m more familiar with the gun than most people: I own one. And one thing I know for sure is that this weapon doesn’t belong in the hands of the average civilian.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: banglist; rkbaar15
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To: Dogbert41

Keep it at My place.


21 posted on 08/29/2023 8:49:34 PM PDT by Big Red Badger (The Truman Show)
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To: Gay State Conservative

Give me 30 caliber stuff


22 posted on 08/29/2023 8:49:45 PM PDT by South Dakota (Patriotism is the new terrorism )
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To: jimtorr

So, it appears that lots of people, who should know better.......don’t.

You are missing the point. How can they let you know how deadly their work is, and that they are practically a modern ninja, a tactical Timmy, doing things far beyond YOU?

It’s the “Look how special I am” syndrome.


23 posted on 08/29/2023 8:51:33 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
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To: Dogbert41

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwQHl3FmRow

Top 5 Ways to Hide Guns From Your Wife...


24 posted on 08/29/2023 8:53:55 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
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To: rellimpank

> I have no doubt that police in Uvalde wish they had had weapons as powerful as the one carried by the shooter

Really? Couldn’t find a few ARs in an hour?


25 posted on 08/29/2023 8:57:09 PM PDT by old-ager
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To: usconservative

That was also my reaction.


26 posted on 08/29/2023 8:58:23 PM PDT by sauropod (I will stand for truth even if I stand alone.)
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To: rellimpank

I don’t want an AR-15, but if Biden fills the US with criminals, I will need one.


27 posted on 08/29/2023 8:59:11 PM PDT by Brian Griffin (ICCPR Article 15 No one shall be held guilty…on account of any act…not a criminal act...at the time…)
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To: rellimpank

I am not “average”, was trained to a rather high level of marksmanship by uncle sam.

I choose to maintain my proficiency as a follower of T Jefferson’s writings on tyranny, among other things.

The way the feral government has been behaving in recent years, got a couple more and plenty of ammo. The older I get, the more I suspect I will go out with a lot of empty brass around, and dead alphabet types in front of me.

I might prefer some other semiauto than an AR, but the prices deter that.


28 posted on 08/29/2023 9:05:06 PM PDT by doorgunner69 (When tyranny becomes lwa, rebellion becomes duty)
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To: rellimpank

Total BS!


29 posted on 08/29/2023 9:12:09 PM PDT by Agatsu77
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To: rellimpank

I wouldn’t want one, but they don’t want people to have them so that the government can outgun them.


30 posted on 08/29/2023 9:14:47 PM PDT by xxqqzz
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To: rellimpank

I think they want to ban them more than people want to buy one.


31 posted on 08/29/2023 9:20:38 PM PDT by 38special (I should've said something earlier)
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To: rellimpank
From the article: "A police officer should never have to worry about being outgunned by the bad guy they’re protecting the public against."

Allow me to re-phrase this: "A police officerAn American should never have to worry about being outgunned by the bad guythe tyrant they’re protecting the public against."

The Boston Massacre did not result from Colonials harassing King George. The Colonials were harassing the armed forces who had been ordered to disarm them. They also harassed the minions who had the audacity to sell them the tax stamps required by the tyrant to do business. People working for the tyrant became the targets of a freedom-loving people.

32 posted on 08/29/2023 9:22:35 PM PDT by William Tell
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To: rellimpank
The goold ole' days.


33 posted on 08/29/2023 9:25:44 PM PDT by Drew68 (Ron DeSantis for President. A conservative who fights and wins.)
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To: jimtorr
Someone in their neighborhood made the mistake of revealing that he had an “arsenal” of 5 firearms, and 10,000 rounds of ammo. The lady said that he was sick for having such a large “arsenal”.

Sheesh! You have got to be kidding me! They were upset about some guy who owns 5 firearms, and 10,000 rounds of ammo? My friends wouldn't give a piker like that the time of day.

In the run up to Y2K my next-door neighbor told me to come over because he had something to show me. He had dozens of guns of all types and sizes strewn across one of his bedroom's floor. But what he was really proud of was his giant gun safe. It was completely stuffed full of ammo to the point that there was no room for even one of his guns in it. He is a complete nut job.

I told him that he was a piker and if he wanted my respect he needed to buy a dozen or so 25 lb. kegs of smokeless powder, and two or three hundred thousand primers of various sizes. Then he needed to get some presses with dies for handguns and rifles and also shotguns, a few hundred pounds of lead at least, melting pots, and a collection of molds.

He didn't even have any bags of desiccant in his gun safe and it wasn't sealed any way. His store-bought ammo wasn't even in proper Eastern Block spam cans... in ten years the boxer primers and powder in his ammo would all be turning to crap. He hardly ever goes to the range; I bet it has all deteriorated pretty badly by now.

34 posted on 08/29/2023 9:26:34 PM PDT by fireman15 (Irritating people are the grit from which we fashion our pearl. I provide the grit. You're Welcome.)
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To: rellimpank

Officer Michael Fanone need to shove his AR-15 up his rectum and pull the trigger.


35 posted on 08/29/2023 9:43:53 PM PDT by Flatus I. Maximus (If Black Lives Matter, explain Chicago. )
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To: rellimpank
Squeal Team 6....


36 posted on 08/29/2023 10:02:06 PM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: rellimpank

His opinion is duly noted, and quickly ignored.


37 posted on 08/29/2023 10:02:28 PM PDT by GaryCrow
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To: old-ager

38 posted on 08/29/2023 10:06:14 PM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: rellimpank

Liberals always think they know more about you than you do.....


39 posted on 08/29/2023 10:34:22 PM PDT by Iron Munro (An evil man will burn his own nation to the ground to rule over the ashes)
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To: South Dakota

Why?

Because my socialist-globalist government won’t let me own a real M14.....


40 posted on 08/29/2023 10:46:25 PM PDT by Iron Munro (An evil man will burn his own nation to the ground to rule over the ashes)
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