RE: My view regarding guns in the USA as a foreigner.
March 10, 2018 at 1:24 pm
(This post was last modified: March 10, 2018 at 1:31 pm by Anomalocaris.)
(March 10, 2018 at 1:06 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote:(March 10, 2018 at 12:53 pm)Anomalocaris Wrote: No, the real AR-15 was designed specifically to be an selective fire automatic rifle for military purposes in the late 1950 and was meant to be distinguished from prior military rifles by being both lighter than existing full powered military rifles like the M-14, and capable of being controlled by the typical infantryman while firing on full automatic from the shoulder which guns firing full rifle cartridges can’t do. It was sort of ground breaking mainly in that it used a smaller caliber full length round rather than rifle caliber short round like the AK-47 or StG-44.I bet my life on being able to do it. Wanna know how that worked out?
M-16 was the DOD name for the AR-15 when it was adopted in the 1960s. M-4 is just a shortened version of the M-16 and a close lineal descendant of the AR-15.
Sure, it can happened. But I wouldn’t bet the chance of that happening would reassure the life insurance company.
Wanna do it ten more times?
(March 10, 2018 at 1:04 pm)Brian37 Wrote:(March 10, 2018 at 12:53 pm)Anomalocaris Wrote: No, the real AR-15 was designed specifically to be automatic rifle for military purposes in the late 1950 and was meant to be distinguished from prior military rifles by being both lighter than existing full powered military rifles and capable of being controlled by the typical infantryman while firing on full automatic from the shoulder.
The inventor himself never intended it for civilian use.
I don't care, handgun or riffle, anyone who takes firearm responsibility seriously will always tell you to treat it as loaded and dangerous every time you handle one. No matter the type we have a climate in America that does not take that responsibility seriously enough. When you have a girl shoot her instructor with an Uzi at a shooting range called "Bullets and Burgers" , that says to me as a collective society we are NOT taking firearm safety seriously.
The Uzi is really not ergonomically thought out for controllability during full auto fire . Anyone who hands a full auto Uzi to a 9 year old should have found a different way to commit suicide that doesn’t involve endangering an traumatizing a minor.
