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On 7/9/2024 3:48 AM, Catrike Ryder wrote:
> 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.
>   


And yet, despite excellent US Government issue hardware, 
there's no substitute for range time. Today's headline story:

https://nypost.com/2024/07/09/us-news/supreme-court-justice-sotomayors-bodyguard-shoots-would-be-carjacker-outside-her-home/

"non-life-threatening injuries"


How in the hell does a guy survive two on-duty armed Federal 
Marshals??  Your average homeowner, non professional and 
surprised suddenly, could do the same:

https://ktla.com/news/local-news/alleged-intruder-reportedly-shot-by-homeowner-in-valley-village/
-- 
Andrew Muzi
am@yellowjersey.org
Open every day since 1 April, 1971