Was there any actual point to all of that ranting? So a lot of Redditors (myself included) are pro-gun and like to exercise our 2A rights by owning and occasionally
gasp shooting
/gasp guns! Oh noes! FSM forbid that a civilian might own a "powerful" gun like an AR-15.
Never mind that, like all of the other articles written by paranoid anti-gun kooks, this article is sadly misinformed about the nature, capacity, and capabilities of various guns. An AR-15 is a civilian weapon, not capable of select-fire or fully-automatic fire, and is no more "powerful" than most popular semi-automatic hunting rifle. And in terms of ballistic power, the 5.56 NATO rounds are relative lightweights, being nearly equivalent to .223 Remington rounds, and with less ballistic power than a .308 Winchester, .30-06, .375 Ruger and a whole laundry-list of other rifle cartridges. There's no more reason to get all panicky and freaked-out over an AR-15 than any other gun. As far as that goes, you can kill someone with a single-shot lever-action .22LR. Sheesh.
