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20. The manufacturer's brochure ( at link in OP ) describes this "JR-15"---10 rounds of .22 LR available

Thu Feb 17, 2022, 08:53 PM

Feb 2022

---]as a "safe" "shooting platform".

The article cited in the OP includes a quote from the NRA which "brushes off" the .22LR as "never a heavy hitter".

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An AR-15 designed for children shocks even the most jaded gun-control advocates [View all] Nevilledog Feb 2022 OP

Can you imagine when gangs get hold of these ? rickford66 Feb 2022 #1

How would that be worse then gangs with regular AR-15's? EX500rider Feb 2022 #3

Are they lighter and smaller. rickford66 Feb 2022 #8

Why would a gang member Zeitghost Feb 2022 #7

We'll see. rickford66 Feb 2022 #9

What makes this .22 any different Zeitghost Feb 2022 #12

You're right. Good night. rickford66 Feb 2022 #14

Agree this would not be a criminal's weapon of choice. However, you mention a "single shot Atticus Feb 2022 #22

Yes Zeitghost Feb 2022 #24

More people are killed by 22 rounds every year than any other caliber. Check it out. Martin68 Feb 2022 #30

Without checking Zeitghost Feb 2022 #31

If you don't take the time to do the research, you have no idea what you're talking about. Hitmen Martin68 Feb 2022 #33

As I kind of suspected Zeitghost Feb 2022 #43

You are right. I looked it up, and gun deaths are positively correlated with caliber size. Martin68 Feb 2022 #50

Provide a citation NickB79 Feb 2022 #34

Do your own research. You just stated you already know everything and don't need to do any Martin68 Feb 2022 #36

Lol. You made the claim, you back it up NickB79 Feb 2022 #38

I'm not writing a paper, I'm engaging in a discussion. Do your own work. Martin68 Feb 2022 #49

Gun manufacturers need to be regulated. LiberalFighter Feb 2022 #2

They are. EX500rider Feb 2022 #4

That is limited. LiberalFighter Feb 2022 #26

There are. EX500rider Feb 2022 #28

Say you LiberalFighter Feb 2022 #37

Yes EX500rider Feb 2022 #39

It's a .22 Rimfire Zeitghost Feb 2022 #5

I'm not shocked by it JI7 Feb 2022 #6

3, 2, 1 till one of our resident heroes posts about the one Scrivener7 Feb 2022 #10

Hey, treehouses and play huts have intruders too durablend Feb 2022 #55

How's it different from the Nylon 66 hardluck Feb 2022 #11

About 20 years ago, an abused wife in a small southern Illinois town got slapped around Atticus Feb 2022 #13

Damn man, stop speaking truth in a gun OP. Tommymac Feb 2022 #15

Who's making that claim here? Zeitghost Feb 2022 #16

The manufacturer's brochure ( at link in OP ) describes this "JR-15"---10 rounds of .22 LR available Atticus Feb 2022 #20

Context Zeitghost Feb 2022 #23

I guess it depends on one's definition of "commonly used". I know that .22 shorts are still Atticus Feb 2022 #25

I was debating bringing up shorts Zeitghost Feb 2022 #27

I believe it refers to the safety mechanism NickB79 Feb 2022 #35

It does not say that. nt Atticus Feb 2022 #40

Thats exactly what the manufacturer is saying Zeitghost Feb 2022 #44

I had previously only seen that pulling the knob out required "some force". I have now read what Atticus Feb 2022 #47

I would imagine Zeitghost Feb 2022 #51

Baldwin thought it was safe to point a gun at another Kaleva Feb 2022 #54

This message was self-deleted by its author Atticus Feb 2022 #21

An anti-gun, anti-self defense prosecutor would... LiberatedUSA Feb 2022 #18

mental AF Celerity Feb 2022 #17

AR-15 style rifle - the favored weapon for mass killings of schoolchildren. keithbvadu2 Feb 2022 #19

West Africa has experience with children wielding assault rifles, and the results have not been Martin68 Feb 2022 #29

This rifle... Zeitghost Feb 2022 #32

I'm reminded of the time tobacco company's targeted kids. Emile Feb 2022 #41

There's one feature on this gun that I really like jmowreader Feb 2022 #42

"When the babies attack, I'll be ready" LetMyPeopleVote Feb 2022 #45

What a nothingburger. There's no practical difference between this and other semiautomatic .22 Dial H For Hero Feb 2022 #46

Joe Camel and RJR Tobacco would be proud Torchlight Feb 2022 #48

There is plenty of knee jerking to go around Zeitghost Feb 2022 #52

Choose Lucky Strike because "It's Toasted!" Torchlight Feb 2022 #53