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In reply to the discussion: Family of AR-15 Inventor Eugene Stoner: He Didn't Intend It for Civilians [View all]Straw Man
(6,623 posts)39. You can blather all you want.
I know exactly what the difference between full-auto and semi-auto is. The fact remains that the contemporary AR15 is not a military weapon. You and your ilk just keep calling it that to mislead the uninformed. It makes a nice sound-byte.
Many types of guns are capable of "killing the shit out of people wholesale."
Cute gif. Is that your idea of effective rhetoric?
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Family of AR-15 Inventor Eugene Stoner: He Didn't Intend It for Civilians [View all]
Blue_Adept
Jun 2016
OP
Probably. But, it was designed as a military weapon to use NATO's 7.62mm round.
JustABozoOnThisBus
Jun 2016
#5
They can say whatever they please, but it carries little authority if unsubstantiated...
Marengo
Jun 2016
#30
Even more predictable are the irrational emotional responses from the gun grabbers.
Bonx
Jun 2016
#8
I'm pretty sure I called it stupid gunnut nonsense, you can call it whatever you like
Major Nikon
Jun 2016
#38
True, the part that made the least sense was yours, which was a pretty good trick
Major Nikon
Jun 2016
#53
This device was DESIGNED to kill a lot of humans efficiently, this guy knows it
uponit7771
Jun 2016
#13