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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

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To: Drew68

I have one like this. SP1, no forward assist or later-added cartridge deflector. Also the same scope. Got it very cheap 25 years ago, but not for those prices. And, I certainly don’t have it up for sale for that price. :0).


41 posted on 08/29/2023 10:51:03 PM PDT by Gaffer ( )
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To: dragnet2
And one thing I know for sure is that this weapon doesn’t belong in the hands of the average civilian.

"AR-15s for me, but not for thee!"

Regards,

42 posted on 08/29/2023 11:29:19 PM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: Dogbert41

Flowers, lots of Flowers...


43 posted on 08/29/2023 11:31:28 PM PDT by mabarker1 ( (Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress!!!)
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To: rellimpank

Well the average citizen ,that works hard and believes in freedom
should own one. I know many people that own them, shoot them regularly and know how to handle them. I am glad they have them and are on the ready. I feel every Patriot should have one, especially now in these dark times.


44 posted on 08/30/2023 1:36:49 AM PDT by spincaster
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To: DesertRhino

My answer would be: NOYFB.


45 posted on 08/30/2023 2:41:17 AM PDT by nanook (Thomas Jefferson was right.)
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To: rellimpank
Every person I know who owns an AR does not have it for home protection. They have more suitable weapons for that purpose, examples being shotguns or hand guns.

I want one because my bucket list contains feral hog hunting out west.

46 posted on 08/30/2023 3:11:07 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco
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To: Brian Griffin

Biden has already filled to US with criminals. A criminal is one who breaks the law. Entering the US without proper permission is a crime so the 30 million or so illegal border jumpers (also known as wetbacks) are criminals.


47 posted on 08/30/2023 3:20:16 AM PDT by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy - EVs a solution for which there is no problem)
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To: rellimpank

Yet another reason to not back the blue.


48 posted on 08/30/2023 3:26:19 AM PDT by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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To: Hot Tabasco

Feral hog hunting? Come to SE Oklahoma. We are at war with feral hogs.


49 posted on 08/30/2023 3:35:28 AM PDT by kjam22
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To: kjam22
We are at war with feral hogs.

That's what I hear. There's some great Youtube videos of hog shooting out there.

50 posted on 08/30/2023 3:40:54 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco
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To: Dogbert41

“Why would I want to have one? I cannot afford a fully equipped aircraft carrier, so there’s that.”

I want one because I donated my fully armed Ohio Class submarine to Taiwan.


51 posted on 08/30/2023 4:18:09 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (The Democrat Party - Dumbing Down America Since 1965.)
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To: jimtorr
“and jumped out of airplanes until he destroyed his knees”

Tells me he never learned how to land!

52 posted on 08/30/2023 4:28:40 AM PDT by Jumpmaster (U.S. Army Paratrooper. I am the 0.001%.)
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To: rellimpank

A diseased SWAMP cop!

Infected by the LIEberal/Socialist/Marxist/Fascist/Communist/Democrat party anti-second amendment bias/belief.

An anti-American SWAMP cop!


53 posted on 08/30/2023 4:29:05 AM PDT by Taxman (SAVE AMERICA! VOTE REPUBLICAN IN 2023 AND 2024!)
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To: jimtorr
“and jumped out of airplanes until he destroyed his knees”

Tells me he never learned how to land!

54 posted on 08/30/2023 4:31:23 AM PDT by Jumpmaster (U.S. Army Paratrooper. I am the 0.001%.)
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To: jimtorr
“and jumped out of airplanes until he destroyed his knees”

Tells me he never learned how to land!

55 posted on 08/30/2023 4:31:58 AM PDT by Jumpmaster (U.S. Army Paratrooper. I am the 0.001%.)
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To: DesertRhino

“…he would press people on why they think they need it.…”

Uh, to defend myself?

“Need”? I WANT one in CASE I might need it. I’d rather have a gun and not need it then need a gun and not have one


56 posted on 08/30/2023 4:33:54 AM PDT by TalBlack (We have a Christian duty and a patriotic duty. God help us.)
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To: rellimpank
I own one. And one thing I know for sure is that this weapon doesn’t belong in the hands of the average civilian.

Arrogant scumbag government employees like this one are the reason tens of millions of civilians need to have AR pattern rifles.

BLOAT

57 posted on 08/30/2023 4:38:25 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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To: jimtorr
“and jumped out of airplanes until he destroyed his knees”…

Tells me he never learned how to land.

58 posted on 08/30/2023 4:39:33 AM PDT by Jumpmaster (U.S. Army Paratrooper. I am the 0.001%.)
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To: rellimpank

I’m a shotgun guy, I like trap and skeet and I like sporting clays. The boys take me pig hunting (eradication) down in South Carolina and there’s always an AR-15 around that I can use and they’re very effective on a pig hunt.

My military training and Force Battalion collateral duties taught me the only use for a pistol is to shoot your way to your shotgun. A rifleman might disagree but Force Battalion wasn’t about being a rifleman it was about being tactical and urban. Those days are long gone and I’m sure the methodology has changed but that was the focus when I was in attendance.

There are certain aspects of a military grade rifle that I would employ when hunting. Durability over a sporting piece, and the associated rigors of rough passage in the bush.... maybe for a younger crowd but I’m far past that youthfulness and vigor and restricted to peep sights. Pistols and targets are only a blur with or without glasses... a shotgun is a better consideration. Rifles du jour don’t impress me much, neither do cordless tools. I’ve aged into a more nuts and bolts approach to just about everything.


59 posted on 08/30/2023 5:19:12 AM PDT by Clutch Martin ("The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right." )
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To: rellimpank

Cops, not just the dumbest among us, the most cowardly too!


60 posted on 08/30/2023 5:28:14 AM PDT by CodeToad (No Arm up! They have!)
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