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What is it like to fire an AR-15? It’s horrifying, menacing and very very loud (LOL/Barf!)
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Posted on 06/18/2016 6:21:53 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA

But Frank Stelmach of Double Tap Shooting Range and Gun Shop invited me, videographer Michael Sheridan and reporter Adam Shrier to come down. Stelmach is not like many gun lovers. He admires his weaponry, yes, and has difficulty explaining why law-abiding citizens need a gun that can empty a 40-round magazine in a few seconds. But he also hates the idea that “bad people” get a hold of a gun like this and use it to kill without difficulty.

“There should be expanded background checks — extending into your family, friends and associates,” he said. “And there should be a mental health screening. In Europe, if you want to buy a gun, you have to see a doctor (for a psychiatric examination) to see if something’s not right.”

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The recoil bruised my shoulder, which can happen if you don't know what you're doing. The brass shell casings disoriented me as they flew past my face. The smell of sulfur and destruction made me sick. The explosions — loud like a bomb — gave me a temporary form of PTSD. For at least an hour after firing the gun just a few times, I was anxious and irritable.

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To: Red in Blue PA

another related topic:

Dick Durbin Says No Self-Respecting Sportsman Uses an 'AR-47' to Hunt Deer in Illinois


81 posted on 06/18/2016 7:29:05 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (I'll tell you what's wrong with society -- no one drinks from the skulls of their enemies anymore.)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

“However, having that many without needing to reload might help if accosted by a gang.”

And two taped together for a quick turnaround is also a good idea.


82 posted on 06/18/2016 7:30:35 PM PDT by vette6387
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To: Farmer Dean

This is a Drama expert, not a Chemistry or Munitions expert.

It’s silly to get all wrought up over this.


83 posted on 06/18/2016 7:30:43 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: Red in Blue PA

“The recoil bruised my shoulder”

Bwahahaha! There is no recoil and yeh firearms are loud. Is this moron for real?


84 posted on 06/18/2016 7:31:30 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: SunkenCiv

We don’t even have to shoot Bambi, we just terrify him to death with the sight of the gun


85 posted on 06/18/2016 7:31:54 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: Farmer Dean

I liked it but he’d crap.


86 posted on 06/18/2016 7:32:12 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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To: Farmer Dean

What exactly is temporary PTSD? Kind of insulting to those of us who are actually afflicted. I’d love to see the look on his face after firing my 1903A3. What a pussy!


87 posted on 06/18/2016 7:33:34 PM PDT by ssapro (SSAPRO/ EXBP)
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To: ssapro

Drama queen, drama queen, drama queen.


88 posted on 06/18/2016 7:34:20 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: IMTOFT

When my daughter was in the police academy some years ago, she said the shotgun training was tough. 60+ shots a day. She was hurting for a while. Never complained...groaned though. For home protection she’s got a 38 spc, 9mm and a Remington semi auto 12 gauge.

Knowing anti gun lefties, I’d say this guy was an equal mix of metro sexual pussy and major league liar. Hyperbole on top of lies is SOP for the left on anything.


89 posted on 06/18/2016 7:35:24 PM PDT by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s, you weren't really there....)
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To: ChildOfThe60s

Mostly liar, didn’t even really research what would be plausible.

And so fishermen aren’t the only folks who lie.


90 posted on 06/18/2016 7:36:42 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: Red in Blue PA
20 years in the military, got my hands on lots of equipment.

This walking vagina would DIE if he ever drove an old gasser 10T M123. Nothing ever hurt me more...

91 posted on 06/18/2016 7:37:35 PM PDT by Feckless (The US Gubbmint / This Tagline CENSORED by FR \ IrOnic, ain't it?)
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To: Sasparilla

He should stay away from WW1 American bolt actions and the M1 Garand.

We fired Garands 'til we ran out of ammo.

If this weenie suffered PTSD and wet his pants from firing a .223 Poodle Shooter with a spring loaded stock to
absorb the recoil imagine his horror if he had fired a 30-06 Garand with a hard wood stock and steel butt plate.


92 posted on 06/18/2016 7:38:02 PM PDT by Iron Munro (If liberals were in charge of the oceans, in 5 years the water would be gone.)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

I’m inclined to agree with you.


93 posted on 06/18/2016 7:40:31 PM PDT by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s, you weren't really there....)
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To: Iron Munro

Well that hardier race seems to be threatening to be the ‘Slammies.


94 posted on 06/18/2016 7:40:59 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: ChildOfThe60s

It turns out to be a gay thang. It is a world so impacted in fantasy that it often does not care if it spouts untruths.


95 posted on 06/18/2016 7:42:25 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: SandRat

Even worse with an ‘03 Springfield.


96 posted on 06/18/2016 7:51:05 PM PDT by libstripper
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To: Red in Blue PA

What’s it like to shoot off your mouth, chum? It’s those same things.


97 posted on 06/18/2016 7:51:17 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: Farmer Dean
What is this dildo talking about,sulfur and AR15’s?
Sulfur is a component of black powder,never used in AR type rifles.

He really meant to say "hellfire and brimstone".


98 posted on 06/18/2016 7:51:54 PM PDT by Iron Munro (If liberals were in charge of the oceans, in 5 years the water would be gone.)
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To: Iron Munro

The hellish connotations is what he’s getting at.

And truth be told — there is a tendency in America to condemn “things” rather than the use to which they are put.

If effecting a rescue, that sulfur (if present) would be the very smell of heaven.


99 posted on 06/18/2016 7:54:52 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: Iron Munro

Hard to move on from that one, sigh


100 posted on 06/18/2016 7:59:03 PM PDT by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s, you weren't really there....)
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