he brought up some excellent points-
“There are no military grade rifles being sold at gun shows. AR-15’s are not military grade weapons!” and then said a person would be a fool to go into war with a gun that shoots .22 caliber bullets in semi auto mode only- He’s right- it is NOT a military grade weapon, but the left want everyone to think that because it looks like a ‘scary rifle’ it must be farm ore deadly than any other semi auto out there- it is not!
Most gun grabbers really think the AR in AR-15 stands for ASSAULT RIFLE. This is the level of arrogant ignorance we’re dealing with.
I've not seen that the loser in question actually used an AR - only quote about the weapon I've seen is pistol.
Was it an AR?
I like the old WWII M-1 Carbine. Compact, light weight, 15 round magazine (or 30 round banana), and NOT scary looking! A true military grade weapon that doesn't look the part. Killed lots of Japs and quite a few Krauts.
One, He made a lot of very solid good points.
But love my ARs, but this argument that they aren’t military grade is a poor one. The difference between a semi and full auto AR is at best, academic. A smart person would rather the bad guy HAVE a full auto rather than a semi.
And you would most assuredly not be foolish to take a semi AR to war with it’s “22 caliber bullets”.
The Marines want you using semi auto because you get -way- more hits.
If a madman bursts into your meeting room with an AR, a semi would be more deadly.
In any case this is a dog of an argument. It’s trying to pretend that somehow a full auto is way more devastating than a semi.
In full priggery, we use enthusiast jargon to “prove” that a semi-AR is not an “assault rifle”. We call the MSRs (modern sporting rifles), etc. This accomplishes exactly nothing.
Assault rifle bans don’t happen because they mistakenly think it’s a machine gun. They want whatever, that thing, that can kill 20 people in a short minute banned.
No amount of sophistry or gun store priggery over nomenclature will win for us. It’s the same when they say they want to ban 30 round clips. We smugly ask if they have an odd variant of the Garand and think we win.
While we spike the ball, they draft the hi-cap mag ban.
Don’t fall for this lame mentality that basically argues they are not nearly as dangerous as a military version.
We have to win on the basic right to self defense in a society that is self destructing and saddled with an increasingly authoritarian government.
For one more thing, the National Service rifle match at Camp Perry requires you to use rifles only capable of semi-auto. And they do indeed shoot 22 caliber projectiles.
There was a video out there years ago of a guy at a gun range showing how to take a regular old mini-14 and by adding a pistol grip and a folding stock, rendered the gun California Non-Compliant. It was a funny video... kind of scary too because it absolutely showed the ignorance of those who are scared of the black guns. I haven’t been able to find it...
https://www.history.com/news/american-privateers-revolutionary-war-private-navy
This also means aircraft; A-10s, F-22s, B-1s, etc.