MSNBC, Ari Melber just did a fantastic report on the AR15.

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30. I recently purchased one.

I never expected to. But with tensions so high before the election and the very real possibility of the country going full on fascist, a friend and I went and bought S&W Sportsman AR-15s.

To me, there is no doubt that the main purpose of the weapon is exactly as stated above. This is not a hunting rifle, this is designed to take down as many people as you can in as short a time as possible. I think perhaps we may have bought more gun than was necessary for home defense. I don’t expect a biker gang to show up at my door any time soon nor do I see a zombie apocalypse in the offing. I almost certainly do not need it at this point.

But man, it is really fun to shoot. I have to admit that. It’s just fun to ping different targets at varying distances. My dad used to take me shooting when I was a kid but only with handguns. This is an entirely different thing.

If somehow these guns get banned, I suppose I would give it up if properly compensated but I really don’t see my owning one as a dangerous thing for society. I’m sure millions of other people see it the same way.

The problem is keeping them away from people who shouldn’t have them or any gun at all. Extended background checks will help but I’m not sure there’s any way to prevent this kind of thing from happening completely, short of eliminating guns altogether. That’s simply not going to happen. There are hundreds of millions of them out there. It would be near impossible to do.