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On 9/8/2024 5:56 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
> On 9/8/2024 9:37 AM, John B. wrote:
>>
>>
>> You rant about the AR's but not a peep about the drunks.
> 
> Part of the difference is that we don't have posters here 
> regularly praising drunk driving. We do have about three 
> posters regularly praising the public use of ARs, and the 
> great value of owning one.
> 
> Even though two of those posters don't themselves own one!
> 

AR-15 platform doesn't meet statistical expectations for 
crime; about 23 million of those* among some 434 million 
privately owned firearms:

https://americangunfacts.com/how-many-ar-15s-in-america/

 From a wide range of manufacturers:
https://www.ar15.com/forums/ar-15/-/118-359435/


Fortunately, economists are absolutely enamored of large 
data sets. Some parsing, examination and elucidation of 
actual data here:

https://fee.org/articles/are-ar-15-rifles-a-public-safety-threat-heres-what-the-data-say/

*Plus AR10s which are mostly .308/7.62

-- 
Andrew Muzi
am@yellowjersey.org
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