Good article, though I would like to make one slight amplification about the AR15. The left does go after it for being a "weapon of war", which it isn't. The main difference is that the M16 has a selector which allows the user to fire in semi-automatic mode (the only way the AR15 can fire) or fire in full automatic mode, in which the rifle fires like a machine gun, until the trigger is no longer depressed. Civilians are not allowed to possess full-auto weapons without special licensing. That is because full-auto some time ago became associated with gangland weapons, in the same way "silencers" were considered the same way. I have a silencer, which required a special government permit, following an investigation and a large fee. In Europe silencers are the norm, since they feel firearms are too noisy. No gangland association there. I hope President Trump dumps the special requirements for silencers and full-auto weapons. Then, Stu Tarlowe's statement could now be true: "Could it be any more clear that a state-of-the-art military grade firearm is precisely what our Founders intended for every able-bodied citizen to possess?" And then any American citizen would be able to possess the real weapon of war, the M16, not just the lesser copy, the AR15. By the way, people have been buying our other weapons of war, the M1911, and the pistols that followed it in service.
You're correct, of course, and that is a very valid argument. But pointing out that the AR15 is, technically, not a weapon of war seems counterproductive in that it leaves aside the premise that "weapons of war" are precisely what we are meant to have.
Yes, that's why I included your comment to that effect: "I hope President Trump dumps the special requirements for silencers and full-auto weapons. Then, Stu Tarlowe's statement could now be true: "Could it be any more clear that a state-of-the-art military grade firearm is precisely what our Founders intended for every able-bodied citizen to possess?" And then any American citizen would be able to possess the real weapon of war, the M16, not just the lesser copy, the AR15."
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Good article, though I would like to make one slight amplification about the AR15. The left does go after it for being a "weapon of war", which it isn't. The main difference is that the M16 has a selector which allows the user to fire in semi-automatic mode (the only way the AR15 can fire) or fire in full automatic mode, in which the rifle fires like a machine gun, until the trigger is no longer depressed. Civilians are not allowed to possess full-auto weapons without special licensing. That is because full-auto some time ago became associated with gangland weapons, in the same way "silencers" were considered the same way. I have a silencer, which required a special government permit, following an investigation and a large fee. In Europe silencers are the norm, since they feel firearms are too noisy. No gangland association there. I hope President Trump dumps the special requirements for silencers and full-auto weapons. Then, Stu Tarlowe's statement could now be true: "Could it be any more clear that a state-of-the-art military grade firearm is precisely what our Founders intended for every able-bodied citizen to possess?" And then any American citizen would be able to possess the real weapon of war, the M16, not just the lesser copy, the AR15. By the way, people have been buying our other weapons of war, the M1911, and the pistols that followed it in service.
You're correct, of course, and that is a very valid argument. But pointing out that the AR15 is, technically, not a weapon of war seems counterproductive in that it leaves aside the premise that "weapons of war" are precisely what we are meant to have.
Yes, that's why I included your comment to that effect: "I hope President Trump dumps the special requirements for silencers and full-auto weapons. Then, Stu Tarlowe's statement could now be true: "Could it be any more clear that a state-of-the-art military grade firearm is precisely what our Founders intended for every able-bodied citizen to possess?" And then any American citizen would be able to possess the real weapon of war, the M16, not just the lesser copy, the AR15."