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In reply to the discussion: An AR-15 Uses The Same Exact ... [View all]Mister Ed
(7,002 posts)86. Can you really blast doors out with a pistol, as was done at Sandy Hook?
Can a pistol really produce the sorts of wounds that were inflicted on kids at Sandy Hook and Parkland? (video links below)
If it's true, as poster #51 claims, that an assault rifle can do nothing that a handgun won't, then I wonder why our troops in the field are burdened with such a heavy and cumbersome weapon when they could just carry a pistol.
That poster's claim is absurd and untenable.
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Meanwhile, 32 states now let people carry guns in public without learning how to handle or shoot one
NullTuples
May 2023
#113
the 14 uses 7.62 or 308 Winchester and the M16 5.56 or the .223 Remington round
Ligyron
Apr 2023
#30
As a guy who has fired an M4/M16 in combat, I never once fired it in any mode other than semi-auto
Victor_c3
Apr 2023
#32
I'm really tired of right wing gun fetishists saying "it's not a military weapon."
Pacifist Patriot
Apr 2023
#27
I'm really sickened by those who defend AR15 rights after so many innocent people
C Moon
Apr 2023
#29
The "right to bear arms" that could not have been even imagined. And how 'bout that "well-regulated
Evolve Dammit
Apr 2023
#34
There's nothing particularly special about the AR-15, other than it being a popular rifle platform.
Calista241
Apr 2023
#51
Thank you. Of course you carried both, because they serve different purposes.
Mister Ed
Apr 2023
#97
The shotgun delivers more stopping power out to 25 yards. After that, the AR takes over.
Emile
Apr 2023
#71