"An AR-15 is not for hunting. It's for killing."

[1nderbeard]

Read a really interesting comment on an article this weekend. Sorry I don't remember the article; it was a FB news feed share.
Essentially the poster argued that we 2nd amendment supporters should stop watering down our support. Most argue that hunting/sport shooting/collecting is the reason they support the 2nd amendment. Those are all fine reasons to support, but not what the founding fathers intended. The 2nd amendment was created to protect the citizens from tyranny originating within and without the country. Support should come from the basic right all people have to be free, and not just because you like guns. The fun aspect of firearms is just a bonus.

 

[DRob]

Hey Senator Nelson! My Savage LRPV is not for hunting, either. It's for killing.......paper, cardboard, water balloons, chicken eggs, and prairie dogs. What's your point?

Edit: I apologize to the gentle readers for not using the word ignorant in reference to the Senator. And, yes, 1nderbeard. That's exactly on point.

 

[Mark 1911]

I have killed more than a few Yotes with an AR.

I have TRIED to kill a yote more than a few times with my AR. But they only seem to show up when I'm trying to shoot deer!

p.s. - Still Trying!

 

[CindyE]

I have a few liberal friends on FB, and it's really hard to bite my tongue when they start in on this crap.

 

[Leadeye]

Opportunistic leadership trying to score some points with big media.

 

[actaeon277]

I have a few liberal friends on FB, and it's really hard to bite my tongue when they start in on this crap.

Or, maybe provide some points they may not think of?

 

[ghuns]

Fair warning to any of you that scare easily. Below are images of teenagers armed with scary AR-15s who have killed or are trying to...

 

[Woobie]

Uhhhh. Successful hunting looks a lot like killing.

I’ve only ever killed a pig with my AR.
I’d like to kill some other things. None of those things are people.

I opened this thread and had intended to say just that. Good work, sir.

 

[CindyE]

Or, maybe provide some points they may not think of?

I gave that up, they'll just unfriend me. I wouldn't care that much if they did. But I figure it might be better to stay friends, and show them how a responsible gun owner acts. One member of their family actually got shot in a convenience store robbery, (survived) so I guess they are more emotional about it than most.

 

[Expat]

I only have a couple of family members that are anti-gun. I just ignore their posts. I have my posting settings for subgroups and those family members would never see my political type posts.

 

[croy]

Hunting IS killing.
Duh.

Not necessarily. My uncle used to say he was going hog hunting when he was actually going to the bar.

 

[seedubs1]

I’ve heard of guys going whale harpooning at the bar.....but hog hunting

Not necessarily. My uncle used to say he was going hog hunting when he was actually going to the bar.

 

[Bennettjh]

I was shocked to see he's a Dem. They can't wait to politicize a tragic event.

 

[Falschirmjaeger]

I was shocked to see he's a Dem. They can't wait to politicize a tragic event.

Shocking, isn't it? A cynic might think that these guys actually WANT these tragedies to happen (the more horrific the better) so that they can immediately push their agenda before the blood is even dried. Surely, SURELY, nobody could be that sick. Right?

 

[russc2542]

Well, when you shoot the animal, you aren't tickling it, then releasing it back into the wild.

I've been doing this wrong for so long...

You guys make getting up in the morning bearable.

 

[seedubs1]

I have my finger hovering over a Larue rifle order right now just because I'm so irritated at all of the "take away the guns" crap.

Pretty sure I should just order it.

 

[1nderbeard]

^yep

 

[bwframe]

[video=youtube;ZZhNwfL5_O8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZhNwfL5_O8[/video]

 

[seedubs1]

Done. Larue 16" Stealth Ultimate AR Kit on the way, and I have a stripped lower just waiting for it

^yep

 

[DRob]

Just heard at breakfast this morning. "30 years ago we didn't have school/mass shootings but we certainly had AR-15s with high-capacity magazines. Wonder what changed. The gun didn't".