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In these chaotic times, a brief AR-15 primer

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Posted By: DVC, 12/29/2023 7:16:29 PM

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.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:

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Some FACTS to counteract all the lies pumped out by the media and the Dem anti-gun political machine. AR-15 type rifles are affordable, easy to shoot, light, low recoil and very ergonomic. This is why they are very popular.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: Hazymac 12/29/2023 7:40:07 PM (No. 1626472)
In Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Iowa, Massachusetts, Virginia, Ohio, New Jersey, Washington, and West Virginia it is currently illegal for licensed hunters to hunt deer with an AR-15, because the .223 Remington or 5.56 NATO rounds from these rifles are not powerful enough for quick, ethical kills. A larger bullet works far better on creatures larger than varmints. A former neighbor of mine who is a Florida Highway Patrolman told me several times that the best home defensive weapon, especially against multiple attackers, is an AR-15, preferably with a 30-round magazine. Nothing else really comes close to it. This particular modern sport rifle hardly kicks at all (but is very loud!), and can probably be used by everyone in the household. Several years ago two gunmen broke into a Hillsborough County home, pistol whipped the husband badly, and threatened to harm his 11-year-old daughter. His wife, eight months pregnant, who was in bed, heard the commotion and came to the bedroom door. One of the assailants fired a round at her, so she ducked back into the room, grabbed the family AR-15, and waited for one of the two to appear. When one did, she shot him in the body, and they both fled. The home invader who had taken 55 gr of .223 Rem in the belly, made it 200 yards outside until he collapsed dead in a creek. A television interview with the husband showed him with staples in his head and multiple bruises. He said, "My wife grabbed the AR and clipped him." She sure did! And the baby was born healthy the next month.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: JHHolliday 12/29/2023 7:50:16 PM (No. 1626474)
Well, we all know why our communist government doesn’t like them. They want no armed citizens anywhere particularly us Deploorables. The AR-15 is a great military grade weapon, fully constitutional approved but our overlords don’t like us fly over people to be armed. Forget it, bozos, a million firearms a month are now being legally sold to women and people who are been threatened in our lawless big Dem run big cities. A few hundred dead thugs might just change some attitudes.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: DVC 12/29/2023 8:01:22 PM (No. 1626477)
In these ammo short times, I spent a couple of hours reloading some .223 Remington ammo. 55 gr soft points, so they will expand and be more effective than the military issue full metal jacket stuff. I made up 100 rounds, to a specification that I got from a bunch of testing for accuracy, reliability and velocity. Not 'hot ammo', a bit lower pressure than the fastest stuff. Pretty hard to find any soft point .223 in quantity for less than $1 to $1.50 a shot. And if you don't like the looks of the AR-15, and many traditionalists don't, the Ruger Mini-14 is another rifle with good ergonomics, using the same low recoil ammo, and with 20 and 30 round magazines available. Not cheap, and not as easily customized as the AR, you can get one with a wood stock and it might be more 'socially acceptable' in some quarters, and it isn't banned in most places that ban the AR-15s. The AR bans will be getting struck down, one by one, count on it. The SCOTUS ruling in the Bruen case makes these bans unable to pass the test of constitutionally compatible with the 2nd Amendment.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: chumley 12/29/2023 9:46:37 PM (No. 1626521)
When I retired in 2000 I never wanted to touch another M16 again. The thought filled me with revulsion. 17 years later the communists were (again) trying to ban them so Mrs C got me an AR15 for my birthday. It was like picking up an old friend. I could still tear it down and reassemble it blindfolded. I prefer the Vietnam style carrying handle sight to my new flat top, but you cant have everything. I do have a good quality holographic sight on it now, and it hits well. Leave my guns alone.
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