AR-15s are needed to kill raccoons.....Ken Buck

[Nevilledog]

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"An AR-15 is a gun of choice for killing raccoons before they get to our chickens."

— Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO)


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9:21 AM · Jun 2, 2022

[Ferrets are Cool]

1. Just another stupid MF'er.

[Thomas Hurt]

2. yeah, the have little black masks and everything....

[Ocelot II]

3. I guess it's easier to dispose of the remains when there's nothing left

but raccoonburger.

[Nevilledog]

4. Just use a hose to wash away the bits and pieces.

[Recursion]

5. But that's the point. The AR-15 isn't powerful enough for hunting deer

But to the extent it's used for hunting, it's for "varmints" like raccoons or coyotes.

[hack89]

17. 5.56 is based on a popular varmint round

so it is certainly the right bullet for the job but a 30 round magazine is probably overkill.

[doc03]

19. A bolt action hunting rifle would do the job

don't need 30 rounds. I went raccoon hunting with my friends grandpa when I was a kid he would kill the treed raccoon with a ..22 bolt action rifle.

[shrike3]

27. Your friend's grandpa knew how to shoot.

I swear none of these idiots do, which is why they say they need an AR.

[hunter]

6. I've always used hand grenades.

The neighbors look at me funny but they never complain.

[underpants]

8. Preparation is key

Claymores.

[IrishAfricanAmerican]

9. Makes about as much sense.

[Raven123]

7. Gun of choice is not equal to gun of necessity.

[patphil]

10. I think a .22 magnum would do just as well,

If all you really want to do is protect your chickens.
But then you don't get the big ego rush of an AR-15.

[Nevilledog]

11. Chickens over Children

[captain queeg]

16. .22 long rifles will kill most anything if you hit it in the right place.

Of course if you are a lousy shot or unwilling to take the time to line up your shot you can always spray 20 bullets at it. Don’t worry about where your misses land.

[sir pball]

35. Not even, 22LR works just fine

I will say that when you're going after small, fairly nimble pests like raccoons, a quick followup shot it useful - hence the evergreen popularity of the Ruger 10/22. Which, despite being a semi-auto rifle, is in no way shape or form an assault weapon - it's even legal in the UK!

[patphil]

36. Yeah, Ruger likes the rotary magazine concept.

They used to make a .44 carbine with a rotary magazine. I always wanted one, never got one.
I agree, a .22LR is definitely not in assault rifle territory...not enough muzzle velocity or energy.

[Paladin]

12. Absolute horseshit. "Gun of choice" my ass.

If Republicans are reduced to outlandish lies like this, how come Democrats can't put restrictions on AR-15's in place?

[moonshinegnomie]

13. ive always prefered a compressed globe of Plutonium for hunting racoons

[genxlib]

14. That is the real western pioneer sprit at work

We all remember that episode of "Little House on the Prairie" where Pa was able to fend off the cold stark winter by blasting varmints with a semi-automatic rifle.

[madamesilverspurs]

18. My soon-to-be erstwhile "representative".

The good news is that those of us living within Colorado's new CD8 are working hard to elect a representative we can be proud of. There is an excellent Democrat running against Buck in CD4; the problem is that the district has its political head so far up trumpism's ass that they can't see or smell the garbage that is Buck's legacy. It bears mentioning that Buck's first job out of law school was in the office of then congressman Dick Cheney; wouldn't be surprised to have Buck demand that the deceased raccoon's ghost apologize for getting in front of the weapon.


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[gratuitous]

20. And the semi-automatic feature?

In case you're a very poor marksman, I guess.

[Vinca]

21. Dumb shit. There's a reason there's something called chicken wire. It's to make chicken cages

to keep the birds safe. And, if you must shoot a raccoon, I doubt you need a weapon of war to do it.

[shrike3]

26. You'd be surprised how many doofuses don't want to build a proper coop.

Too much trouble.

And the farmers I grew up around used shotguns, thank you very much.

[haele]

22. If you need 30 rounds to take out one or two raccoons, you're a piss poor shot

Seems to me that if the raccoon or coyote was after your chickens at, say, 1130 PM after a relaxing nightcap, that AR 15 might also take a few chickens out along with the varmint.

Haele

[shrike3]

25. Exactly. n/t

[Deep State Witch]

23. Unless It's Rocket Raccoon

Carrying a BFG, you don't need an AR-15 to shoot a damn raccoon!

[shrike3]

24. Bullshit.

I grew up in a rural area. Every farmer had a shotgun, and that shotgun did the job just fine.

Maybe we've just got a lot of people who don't know how to shoot and are too lazy to learn. Or are just using it as an excuse. We spoke with a hunter the other day. He goes to Wisconsin in the fall, and when he goes out in the field he brings six bullets with him. All it takes is one to kill an animal if you know what you're doing, he said.

[Skittles]

28. LOL

just more proof gun humpers are just plain fucking COWARDS

[Pyryck]

29. Was this some sort of right-wing coded speech?

Just asking for Rocky Raccoon...

[NickB79]

30. I've done exactly that before

Raccoon trying to find it's way through my coop fencing.

It was.......underwhelming. Now I just use better fencing, and a .22 rimfire for the occasional predator. Same effect, and 1/10 the ammo cost and noise. So not exactly the "gun of choice" for farm use, IMO.

[NCLefty]

31. Sen. Bill Cassidy Says People Need AR-15s to Kill 'Feral Pigs'

^That was from the other day.

So then... we just HAVE to have the mass-shootings. How else will rural folk kill any varmints?! 😐

[rockfordfile]

32. Can we lock up that un-American pos.

[Voltaire2]

33. Nobody raised chickens before there were guns.

[kentuck]

34. A big bag of catfood takes care of the raccoons on my back porch....

But I have to go to the store more often.