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Kaleva

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29. I think it's one of the main reasons

Reply to Aristus (Reply #18)

Wed Mar 29, 2023, 04:56 PM

Mar 2023

Appearance could very well be another.

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Nashville shooting: what it reveals about Americans' love of military-style guns [View all] marmar Mar 2023 OP

One in 20 Americans own an AR-15! LakeVermilion Mar 2023 #1

I would have guessed 1 in 2000-10,000. lindysalsagal Mar 2023 #5

The reported number is probably on the low end too. DetroitLegalBeagle Mar 2023 #15

And that's just AR's NickB79 Mar 2023 #24

It's alarmingly high, my guess would be 1 in 10 gun owners. Amishman Mar 2023 #16

I want one. Just haven't gotten around to it yet. Bonx Mar 2023 #27

You gotta pump those numbers up... Fla_Democrat Mar 2023 #34

This message was self-deleted by its author LakeVermilion Mar 2023 #2

it's money over life bdamomma Mar 2023 #3

It reveals a lot about worthless republican't screwheads, too. The Unmitigated Gall Mar 2023 #4

It is about gun love and that is an illness sanatanadharma Mar 2023 #6

...,.. MarineCombatEngineer Mar 2023 #8

I don't know. Downsouthjukin Mar 2023 #9

Thank you for sharing your perspective. brer cat Mar 2023 #11

compelling RussBLib Mar 2023 #12

My take is that there is a glaring difference between a ... Whiskeytide Mar 2023 #19

Washington Post article referenced: sl8 Mar 2023 #7

The AR-15 is very adaptable and modular. It's going to be hard to ban Kaleva Mar 2023 #10

Its LOOKS make it popular. Adaptability is a distant second. Paladin Mar 2023 #13

The Ruger Mini-14 looks like and is a killing machine too Kaleva Mar 2023 #14

Get back to me, the next time a Winchester Model 70 bolt-action is used... Paladin Mar 2023 #17

Been awhile, but that is the weapon used in one of the 1st school shootings EX500rider Mar 2023 #26

Yeah, I know. Paladin Mar 2023 #32

That doesn't address what I said Kaleva Mar 2023 #28

You lost me with that snotty "dreaded .223 Remington" comment. (nt) Paladin Mar 2023 #33

Is that why you bought yours? Fla_Democrat Mar 2023 #35

I'm not convinced that adaptability is the reason for its popularity. Aristus Mar 2023 #18

I think it's one of the main reasons Kaleva Mar 2023 #29

I give credit to the 1994 Assault Weapons Ban for the current popularity of ARs and such SYFROYH Mar 2023 #20

This cannot be overstated sarisataka Mar 2023 #25

Yes, I've read that the AWB was a boon for the AR-15 Kaleva Mar 2023 #30

IMO they are not about self-defense. moondust Mar 2023 #21

Sadly Downsouthjukin Mar 2023 #22

If I felt I needed that much firepower, I'd tell my wife we were moving Kaleva Mar 2023 #31

toy the weak use to feel powerful, or...Adrenalin rush for bullies, or..vehicle for solving wiggs Mar 2023 #23