Do you own an AR15?

[Anonymous]

We have 3, in a gun safe, just in case. Plenty of ammo locked up too. One never knows!!

[Anonymous]

Of course. Variety of uses for the platform, home defense, varmint control, sport shooting, etc.

[Anonymous]

Just like Lay’s potato chips. Hard to stop at just one.

[Anonymous]

Yes; several, in fact.

Doesn’t everyone?

[Anonymous]

We don't, we just have handguns, but our nephew with mental health issues and military PTSD has several AR 15s. So does a family friend who is a big believer in conspiracy theories and lives at home with his mom even though he is in his 40s.

Par tof me wonders if we should get an AR 15 to protect ourselves from the mentally unstable we know who already own AR15s.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We don't, we just have handguns, but our nephew with mental health issues and military PTSD has several AR 15s. So does a family friend who is a big believer in conspiracy theories and lives at home with his mom even though he is in his 40s.

Par tof me wonders if we should get an AR 15 to protect ourselves from the mentally unstable we know who already own AR15s.

Definitely get one, and a lot of ammo.

[Anonymous]

An armed man is a citizen. An unarmed man is a subject. - John Adams.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If there are 24,000,000 AR-15s why aren’t there more mass shootings if all they are good for is killing people? Shouldn’t we have millions of gun murders a year?

This is a good point.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No. We own a handgun and a rifle.

We don't plan to mass murder anyone, and can aim a rifle while hunting, so no need to own an AR15.

If AR15’s are for mass murdering people without needing to aim, why does every police officer in the country have one in their police car?

Who are all these people we want our cops mass murdering? Can you explain this to me?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:DH and I are former military and not anti-gun. That said, we both strongly believe nobody outside the military (and a few specialized police units) should own a weapon like that. Ever.

Curious, because you and your husband were in the military, do you think it gives more substance to your opinion? If so, why? I don't see any other reason to start your reply with that info, yet, I can't see anyone being that ... dumb ... that they would think it made their opinion stronger.

Not PP but it means they’ve shot a lot of rounds. Being in the military you get to go to the range and shoot a shit ton of ammo for free (and it’s even your job to do it). Us civilians have to pay for the bullets we use, which makes shooting an AR15 very, very expensive and few people can do it regularly. Generally I respect the opinions of people more when they know something about the subject matter at hand.

This is a giant misconception. I know many people who were in the military and none of them even touched a gun more than a few times in orientation training.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:No. We're a hunting family and we do not approve of such a class of weapons. They should not be available to civilians or retired law enforcement.

A government of the people, by the people and for the people should never have special rights beyond the people.

The scary thing is, Democrat or Republican, the government has plenty of special rights over the people. With AI, holy cow. Just wait until they incorporate AI into war robots, such as those robot dogs with weapons mounted on the shoulders.

If we don't demand worldwide restrictions on AI and robots, it's gonna be game over. Worse than nuclear power.

Oh yeah, what are they gonna do? Release the dogs? Or the bees? Or the dogs with bees in their mouths and when they bark, they shoot bees at you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If there are 24,000,000 AR-15s why aren’t there more mass shootings if all they are good for is killing people? Shouldn’t we have millions of gun murders a year?

93,000,000 people murdered with assault weapons each day isn’t enough for you already?

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LZzjGYyI3Dg&pp=ygU9VGVycnkgbWFjYXVsaWlmZmUgOTMgbWlsbGlvbiBwZW9wbGUga2lsbGVkIHdpdGggZ3VucyBhbm51YWxsedIHCQmtCQGHKiGM7w%3D%3D

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Glock is all you need at much less the price and much easier to handle.

No one needs a Glock either. You don’t need a Glock for hunting deer, Rambo. Give it a rest.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DH and I are former military and not anti-gun. That said, we both strongly believe nobody outside the military (and a few specialized police units) should own a weapon like that. Ever.

Curious, because you and your husband were in the military, do you think it gives more substance to your opinion? If so, why? I don't see any other reason to start your reply with that info, yet, I can't see anyone being that ... dumb ... that they would think it made their opinion stronger.

Different poster but it’s the same as a teacher replying that they’re a teacher to give more credence to their background in giving opinions about kids.
The military people are doing the same and it’s ok as they are prefacing by saying they have experience in talking about this subject.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No. We own a handgun and a rifle.

We don't plan to mass murder anyone, and can aim a rifle while hunting, so no need to own an AR15.

The mechanical accuracy of the AR15 platform is widely accepted as extremely high.

Whoa. This is horrendously not true.