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Why would you own an assault rifle?

Would you own an assault Rifle? Why?

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friday

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Recently, A Democrat senator suggested that he has no idea why anyone would need to have an assault rifle. His ignorance is the premise of his decision to limit the 2nd amendment. To me the answer is pretty easy.

I would own an assault reason for the exact same reason I would own a superfast sports car that is built to exceed legal speed limits. So that if the Chinese drilling off our coast where we are not allowed to ever decided to sneak soldiers and nukes into the gulf instead of oil rig workers and equipment and invaded Florida blitzkrieg style, I'd have a chance of getting out alive.

Seriously though, would you own an assault rifle? And if so, why?
 
Would i?
No. I dont see the need to own one. I would never use it.
 
I can if I want-its not worth the money to pay 20K for a rifle that is worth 1000 dollars and the giggle switch is not all that entertaining to me. Of course I have about 10,000 rounds of full auto fire under my belt so maybe its less alluring

but the hassles of owning them is ridiculous and it allows the ATF clowns basically unlimited right to invade your privacy

a real assault rifle should be no more expensive or hard to own than a Semi Auto block or AR 15
 
TurtleDude said:
I can if I want-its not worth the money to pay 20K for a rifle that is worth 1000 dollars and the giggle switch is not all that entertaining to me. Of course I have about 10,000 rounds of full auto fire under my belt so maybe its less alluring

but the hassles of owning them is ridiculous and it allows the ATF clowns basically unlimited right to invade your privacy

a real assault rifle should be no more expensive or hard to own than a Semi Auto block or AR 15
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When he said assault rifle, I think he had AR 15 types in mind. He said AK 47, but you can get those (non-automatic) cheaper than an AR 15
 
friday said:
I bet Che thought the same thing.
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Che's real problem was with full battle rifles-Bolivians using American supplied Garand M1 rifles firing M1 Ball 30-06 blew Che's face off
 
friday said:
I bet Che thought the same thing.
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So this is about Che all the sudden? :roll:

But Che actually thought people should own arms, to 1)revolution and 2)protect the revolution..

But this isnt about Che Guevara.
 
I have no reason to use it, therefore why own it? I used to own quite a few guns. I never used them. I got rid of them.
 
friday said:
When he said assault rifle, I think he had AR 15 types in mind. He said AK 47, but you can get those (non-automatic) cheaper than an AR 15
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AR 15s run between 650 for the cheap sportier stuff to a couple grand for the piston driven Noveseke or Lewis Machine or Daniels Defense stuff or the tricked out Fulton Armory National Match stuff

AKs-the cheap WASRS can be had for around 375 up to the KREBS and the Red Jacket (Son of a Gun tv show-Will Hayden in Louisiana) AK 103s built on real Russian Ishmatz or SAIGA AKs can cost up to 1500 and are really really good

I have most of the good semi stuff

original STEYR AUG and the USA made Microtech

the current best SIG

Colt, RR, DMPS, armalite and Bushmaster ARs

Beretta AR 70

Russian, Hungarian, Polish, Bulgarian (ARSENAL-top of the line) AKs

Belgian (FN) USA (DSA) South American (Imbel, Springfield Armory) FN FALS

MIAI super match (springfield armory)

AR 10 (762 NATO Rock River)

I have also owned the VALMET the Gallil, the AR-180 (original armalite, and the Japanese HOWA), HK in both 308 and 556 and a Portugese G3 and a few Chinese POLY TECH AKMs and Type 56s.

I know this stuff inside and out

and its hard to beat an M4 Colt or Rock River for all round rifle work
 
Already have a Bushmaster M-4
will be getting a HK-91 soon.

Since I have a problem with my right wrist, I pretty much have to use either assault style or thumb-through.
 
Meh, rather have more computer gear. :mrgreen:

If I thought things were getting bad enough or close enough to a multi-year disaster I might buy one. Just a hedge against the crazies who are dying to use theirs.

If I thought I had to go up against government, I'd go another way altogether.
 
clownboy said:
Meh, rather have more computer gear. :mrgreen:

If I thought things were getting bad enough or close enough to a multi-year disaster I might buy one. Just a hedge against the crazies who are dying to use theirs.

If I thought I had to go up against government, I'd go another way altogether.
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Combine the assault rifle with your computer gear. Man, an AI controlled AR would be cool.
 
i can buy an m4 tomorrow for 800 new at any gun store.i wont because i see noreal use for them.assault rifles are not designed for killing power,infact they have no better killing power than any semi auto rifle.their purpose is designed for close range action,while being able to still have long range use.

fact is anyone could go buy a mini 14 and do the same thing.a pistol grip and a collapsable stock dont do any good to anyone who hip fires.a rifle that uses stripper clips can be reloaded just as fast as a rifle with a magazine.all in all none of these features of an assault rifle dont add any real advantage,except to a military force who uses them to have a single weapon standard vs older standards of long rifle,handguun and maybe sub machine gun.


the other fact is all these assault rifles sold are not auto fire,unless they were pre ban or have special permits to obtain them.i guess my point is i have no desire to obtain something thats overly expensive and offers no advantage to anyone except a military force trying to get a jack of all trades,master of none gun.besides that i have a blackpowder revolver,and a shotgun,enough for me to get the job done.i only get 6 shots from my revolver before i have to breach load all 6 chambers,but im confident i will hit what im aiming for:2razz:
 
Of course I would, I still need one, a revolver, a black powder and a 1911 to complete my collection.

I would use it for sport, probably never for home defense. I have my 12 gauge for that.
 
friday said:
Recently, A Democrat senator suggested that he has no idea why anyone would need to have an assault rifle. His ignorance is the premise of his decision to limit the 2nd amendment. To me the answer is pretty easy.

I would own an assault reason for the exact same reason I would own a superfast sports car that is built to exceed legal speed limits. So that if the Chinese drilling off our coast where we are not allowed to ever decided to sneak soldiers and nukes into the gulf instead of oil rig workers and equipment and invaded Florida blitzkrieg style, I'd have a chance of getting out alive.

Seriously though, would you own an assault rifle? And if so, why?
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I already own one. I mainly keep it for home defense... I like something with punch and a 30 round magazine in case the scumbags kick in my door some night. I live out in the country and down in the woods, and could be a tempting target due to isolation; that same isolation means I dont have to worry so much about overpenetration or stray rounds in a home defense scenario.

It's also a fun target shooting weapon.
 
Three no answers and five yes. Could this "poll" be rigged?
 
The fun of an Assault Rifle (going by legal definition here...so it DOESN'T have to be fully automatic as some might think)...would be great. I mean who doesn't want to play with a cool toy once in a while? But honestly for self defense...I will still take my remington 870 over any other. I don't really even need to make it tacticool for it to be effective. All I need is a load of buck, some slugs as a backup. Anything else is gravy. I mean I would pull the shotgun in a scenario where the SHTF. My handgun is all I REALLY need for self defense.
 
stonewall50 said:
The fun of an Assault Rifle (going by legal definition here...so it DOESN'T have to be fully automatic as some might think)...would be great. I mean who doesn't want to play with a cool toy once in a while? But honestly for self defense...I will still take my remington 870 over any other. I don't really even need to make it tacticool for it to be effective. All I need is a load of buck, some slugs as a backup. Anything else is gravy. I mean I would pull the shotgun in a scenario where the SHTF. My handgun is all I REALLY need for self defense.
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different ranges-different guns-home defense in the home-Mossberg Mil Spec 12G with a flash light, block 19 with a flash light

dealing with threats on the farm where shots of up to 800M are possible Rock River M4 carbine with a scope and a roll over Gen 3 NVD
 
Manc Skipper said:
Three no answers and five yes. Could this "poll" be rigged?
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Why would you think that? Ownership of an "assault rifle" in the USA is hardly uncommon. I know many people who have one.
 
The OP really needs to define what he is asking in terms of 'assault rifle'. I do not consider that definition to be a valid definition of any firearm. And those that do use it throw it all over the place, from full automatics to 'scary' looking guns.
 
Goshin said:
Why would you think that? Ownership of an "assault rifle" in the USA is hardly uncommon. I know many people who have one.
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most of the people I shoot with have semi auto military style rifles

a few have the Class III tax stamp assault rifles
 
Arbo said:
The OP really needs to define what he is asking in terms of 'assault rifle'. I do not consider that definition to be a valid definition of any firearm. And those that do use it throw it all over the place, from full automatics to 'scary' looking guns.
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Thank you for proving my previous claim that the right wants to steer these discussion to technical matters. You could not serve me better if I wrote your posts for you. ;):roll:
 
haymarket said:
Thank you for proving my previous claim that the right wants to steer these discussion to technical matters. You could not serve me better if I wrote your posts for you. ;):roll:
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What is your purpose on this thread? its a poll about a weapon that is being hotly discussed in the news
 
Arbo said:
The OP really needs to define what he is asking in terms of 'assault rifle'. I do not consider that definition to be a valid definition of any firearm. And those that do use it throw it all over the place, from full automatics to 'scary' looking guns.
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yeah, very true. The term is misleading.

Many people who don't know much about weapons think it refers to "machine guns" or full auto rifles. That wasn't remotely what the so-called AWB was about.

My "assault rifle" is a military rifle but without the selector switch... it is strictly semi-auto. I have no particular interest in full-auto, other than as playtime-lets-waste-ammo at the range.
 
haymarket said:
Thank you for proving my previous claim that the right wants to steer these discussion to technical matters. You could not serve me better if I wrote your posts for you. ;):roll:
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Or, another way of putting it is: that since so many anti's misuse and misconstrue these terms, either for their own benefit or out of sheer ignorance, we like to make sure the discussion is specific enough that everyone knows EXACTLY what we're talking about.


It is called "clear communication".
 
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