When militaries go back to using large calibre rifles let me know. The M16 has a number of features on it that are useful. AR15s retain some of those features.
The M16 replaced the more cumbersome M1. The M16 Carbine replaced the M1 Carbine. I wonder what the market for AR15 Carbines are like?
Lighter bullets means you can carry more of them. This applies equally for the original 20 round magazines or the various larger magazines available since then.
Exactly. There’s no need for a large capacity weapon. Capacity is only needed for getting your jollies at the gun range or…. Getting into a firefight. Large capacity magazines can be left at the gun range. I would be fascinated to know which game requires an AR15 instead of a low capacity high accuracy rifle.
The point is that the current SCOTUS are actively trying to turn over precedent for very trivial reasons. It’s in the interest of public health to firmly regulate guns.
Abuse of the law is only ever done by a tiny minority of people, yet the law books are filled with hair splitting of the many different kinds of theft just because people keep on thinking of different ways to steal. Similarly, your quality of life wouldn’t be diminished if guns had much heavier regulation.
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If I had to choose between the legality of a fully automatic weapon with 5 round magazine capacity versus a semiautomatic 30 round weapon, I would choose the former. The latter is much more dangerous.
Gun deregulation was been increased steadily since the 70s. If the NRA leadership wasn’t so greedy and did their jobs, things would probably be worse.