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Kaleva

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35. Threads and posts specifically mention the AR-15
Fri Jun 3, 2022, 08:14 PM
Jun 2022

Here are some examples of recent OPs:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100216758175

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100216757786

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100216756472

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100216756045

I've been looking but can't find any posts about the more powerful AR-10.

As for mass shootings, the one instance that I found, so far, I'm still looking for other cases, where AR-10s were used was the Las Vegas shooting but most of the guns he had were AR-15 style guns and he made most of his shots from the AR-15s.

"With frequent help from hotel bellmen, he brought five suitcases to his room on September 25, seven on the 26th, two on the 28th, six on the 30th, and two on October 1.[15][9][8] His arsenal of weapons, associated equipment and ammunition included fourteen AR-15 rifles (some of which were equipped with bump stocks[d] and twelve of which had 100-round magazines), eight AR-10-type rifles, a bolt-action rifle, and a revolver.[16] On September 30, he placed "Do not disturb" signs on the doors of both rooms.[15]"

"The AR-10 rifles were equipped with various telescopic sights and mounted on bipods.[78][83][84] Paddock was found to have fired a total of 1,058 rounds from fifteen of the firearms: 1,049 from twelve AR-15-style rifles, eight from two AR-10-style rifles, and the round used to kill himself from the Smith & Wesson revolver.[27]"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Las_Vegas_shooting#Weaponry

The apparent fact that mass shooters don't use high powered rifles like the AR-10 is probably the reason why no one here, that I have ever been able to find, has specifically called for them to be banned. A number of hunters like them because they, the AR-10s, are chambered to fire rounds used to hunt game such as deer, elk, big horn sheep and such.

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Yes. SoonerPride Jun 2022 #1
The Mini-14? PTWB Jun 2022 #2
An AR15 with a different grip? SYFROYH Jun 2022 #4
Maybe Timewas Jun 2022 #9
Which function Zeitghost Jun 2022 #16
How does a semi automatic shotgun function differently then a AR-10? Kaleva Jun 2022 #22
It would probably come down to the profit margins. bluedigger Jun 2022 #3
The AR15 has the "distinction" of being the most popular weapon of that general type. Sandy Becker Jun 2022 #5
If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck... bluesbassman Jun 2022 #6
Semiauto shotguns are rarely used by mass shooters Kaleva Jun 2022 #21
What's interesting is that the military is replacing the M-16/M-4 with an AR-10 variant NickB79 Jun 2022 #7
Distinction without much difference slightlv Jun 2022 #8
Yes. kacekwl Jun 2022 #10
can it be used to hunt racoons in the chicken hut and kids in a school? yes it can nt msongs Jun 2022 #11
Maybe because thousands of AR-10' were made but millions or AR 15's were bottomofthehill Jun 2022 #12
One can buy an AR 10 as easily as one can buy an AR15 Kaleva Jun 2022 #27
What about banning based on the type of bullet it is designed to use? Lithos Jun 2022 #13
Then you have to be prepared to ban hunting rifles Zeitghost Jun 2022 #15
Which leaves us with the absurdity of the AWB Recursion Jun 2022 #17
See the California AWB Zeitghost Jun 2022 #18
In all seriousness, why not NFA *all* firearms with "detachable ammunition feeding devices"? sir pball Jun 2022 #29
I proposed a way to identify an assault weapon by the cartridge it fired Kaleva Jun 2022 #24
So they would just start selling more Joenobody Jun 2022 #32
Guns that fire those calibers aren't used often, hardly at all, by mass shooters Kaleva Jun 2022 #42
Ban certain calibers Zeitghost Jun 2022 #38
My proposal covers a range. Kaleva Jun 2022 #43
It's becoming a generic term like Xerox or Kleenex. That's all. hunter Jun 2022 #14
I received training with the M-14 in the army. I fired expert, but only by 2 targets over the 2 days asa4ever Jun 2022 #19
My first tour in Vietnam, MarineCombatEngineer Jun 2022 #28
Just wait until the Army's new service rifle becomes the most popular gun in America pecosbob Jun 2022 #20
Perhaps the kinetic energy of the round might be the benchmark crickets Jun 2022 #30
That would ban just about every hunting round Zeitghost Jun 2022 #39
When the people rownesheck Jun 2022 #23
I have a revolver but it's not to protect property. Kaleva Jun 2022 #26
Better safe than being sorry about dead children ban all gunz. 48656c6c6f20 Jun 2022 #25
Reading new threads and still no one has an issue with AR-10s Kaleva Jun 2022 #31
What the fuck is this shit? SoonerPride Jun 2022 #34
Threads and posts specifically mention the AR-15 Kaleva Jun 2022 #35
This message was self-deleted by its author BusterMove Jun 2022 #33
They aren't the preferred choice for home defense either. Kaleva Jun 2022 #37
AR10 guys are really weird. SYFROYH Jun 2022 #36
Not as weird Zeitghost Jun 2022 #40
True that. Yellow-tinted shades clique. SYFROYH Jun 2022 #41
Ahem Fla_Democrat Jun 2022 #44
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