Posted on 09/08/2018 8:27:03 AM PDT by PROCON
On September 5 gun control activist David Hogg suggested AR-15s cannot be used for self-defense because they shoot further than handguns.
He made this suggestion via a tweet which he sent in response Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s testimony that AR-15s and other semiautomatic rifles are used for “self-defense.”
Kavanaugh’s full statement was that “handguns and semi-automatic rifles are weapons used for hunting and for self-defense.”
But Hogg isolated the words “self-defense” and tried to make a point:
David Hogg
✔ @davidhogg111
The effective range of an AR-15 is 1600 feet for comparison your typical handgun is 75 feet if you’re shooting somebody from 1600 feet away you’re not defending yourself...
...you’re hunting.
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“... David Hogg suggested AR-15s cannot be used for self-defense because they shoot further than handguns....”
In other words, Hoggie thinks if a person is close to you, you have to put down the AR and find a handgun quick...
*ROFLMAO*
Does he think Military snipers are protecting or hunting?
I don't believe we qualified at more than 300 yards though.
That Hogg guy with the armed bodyguards again?
They shoot within the same distance too.
Skill, maybe? 533 yards with a 1:9 twist, 20” barrel and 70 grain round with an optic is not that hard. The round doesn’t come subsonic and begin to destabilize until about 575-600ish yards.
LOL!
He’s too stupid to be an idiot.
Fagg.
Patriots use long guns, not hand guns
John Wayne, movie star and great American believed in gun control... He said it required concentration and a steady hand.
Skill, yes. Like I said, and per other posts, it’s doable. The majority of people are not going to be remotely accurate at that range though. The best they can hope for is making a mess, not “hunting”.
Assuming a muzzle velocity of 1400 fps, bullet drop at 600 yards is 45.5 feet with bullet velocity at impact of 723 fps.
So, shooting a deer at 600 yards with a .44 Mag handgun is possible.
What’s he gotten done?
I’ll take a wild guess: Nothing.
If stupidity hurts he should be in intensive care.
OK David. If I shoot your home invading ass from an AR-15 at 5 feet, you should be fine.
Gun grabbing puppet says what?
So, little triangle face is going to set the rule at what distance one may or may not defend themselves?
Well dang! Guess I been schooled about effective ranges of ARs and non specific hand guns. Thanks little hoggalinskis for learnin’ us.
He’s 18. Why anyone listens to him is a mystery to me.
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