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On Mon, 8 Jul 2024 21:51:29 -0400, Frank Krygowski
<frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

>On 7/8/2024 5:55 PM, AMuzi wrote:
>> On 7/8/2024 3:01 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
>>> On 7/8/2024 9:18 AM, AMuzi wrote:
>>>>  'Military use' or 'purposeful military design' are not at all clear 
>>>> or helpful terms. 
>>>
>>> They are descriptive terms easily understood by those with no 
>>> emotional attachment to their firearms. In past discussions, specific 
>>> design features have been well described.
>>>
>>>> The best special forces sharpshooters use very expensive precision 
>>>> single shot bolt action rifles, not crappy 'spray and pray' automatics.
>>>
>>> As described over and over, AR pattern guns were originally designed 
>>> for military use. Most of their design features have no legitimate 
>>> civilian use, other than giving a temporary testosterone boost to some 
>>> guys at a shooting range. One can say similar things about many handguns.
>>>
>> 
>> Thanks for making my point again, by as usual purposefully conflating 
>> full auto AR or AK or whatever long guns with semi civilian models.
>
>Light weight, compact size, light ammunition allowing carrying lots of 
>rounds, magazines that are big and replaceable with huge ones, grips 
>that aid portability when running and aid recoil control during rapid 
>fire, plus many available "custom" attachments make AR and AK guns the 
>weapon of choice for killing unsuspecting crowds,

Those are features available on many other guns. 

I think the fact that they look like the military guns is the reason
many people buy them, and that they are scary looking is the reason
the anti-gun loons hate them. 

It really comes down to how they look.