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Huh? Pretty sure you can still buy an AR-15 in a lot of states, am I missing something?
by dave_sullivan 5y ago
Huh? Pretty sure you can still buy an AR-15 in a lot of states, am I missing something?
- throaway46546 5y agoAn AR-15 style rifle is not an assault rifle. The definition of an assault rifle is "a selective fire rifle that uses an intermediate cartridge and a detachable magazine". Selective fire means "the capability of a weapon to be adjusted to fire in semi-automatic, burst mode, and/or fully automatic firing mode". These were banned by the 1986 Firearm Owners Protection Act. There are "assault weapon" bans like that in my home state of California that ban certain cosmetic features on guns. These are completely pointless as an AR-15 is functionally no different from any other semi-automatic firearm. Examples: Assault Rifle https://i.imgur.com/pGnxHRD.jpg https://i.imgur.com/pGnxHRD.jpg "Assault Weapon" https://i.imgur.com/xhsZ2dK.jpg https://i.imgur.com/xhsZ2dK.jpg Not an "Assault Weapon" https://i.imgur.com/VKtpdSy.jpg https://i.imgur.com/VKtpdSy.jpg
- dave_sullivan 5y agoThis is the kind of autistic pedantry I come to HN for. I don't know what I was thinking.
- throaway46546 5y agothank you
- anamax 5y agoWhat makes an Armalite Rifle-15 significant to you? I ask because it isn't actually all that interesting as far as guns go. It shoots a fairly low-power cartridge, roughly equivalent to 30-30, which means that it isn't powerful enough for deer hunting in some states. That's part of why it's easy to shoot even for XX folks. (Another part is the ergonomics; the stock and hand-grip make it easier to shoot correctly from the shoulder than most rifles.) It's semi-auto, but so are most guns these days. It doesn't shoot any faster than other semi-autos. Standard capacity magazines aren't any larger. It is possibly the most popular rifle of all time, certainly in the last 50+ years.