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In reply to the discussion: Can someone explain what law-abiding citizens do with their semiautomatic rifles? [View all]PTWB
(4,131 posts)The AR is, objectively, a highly effective weapons platform for both home defense and hunting. Folks who claim otherwise are either unfamiliar with the subject or being disingenuous.
The ARs lethality, accuracy, portability, and ease of use are exactly what makes it such a problem for society in the hands of mass shooters. But those traits also make it very effective for home defense and for hunting.
One cannot argue that the AR is a poor home defense weapon and a poor hunting rifle, while arguing that it is incredibly lethal and too dangerous for the public to possess.
Back to my point: the question is not what the AR is good for, the question is whether or not a modern society wants to allow semi-automatic rifles to be so easily accessible to anyone who wants one.