Of what Use is an AR-15?



  1.  Support the U.S. Military Industrial Congressional Complex. Under constant threat of annihilation by libertarian elements, they have struggled to compete in a world of $130 AR-15's.
  2. Intimidation of others; even friends, relatives, neighbors, spouse. However, not authorities--10 assault weapons to your one is foolhardy.
  3. Defending against an attack by Velociraptors.
  4. Making the statement that a micropenis is no longer an embarrassment. 
  5. Re-invigorating our present wars and ensuring that those down the pike have an ending.
  6. Prove Senator Rubio correct when he said that his constituents buy into his agenda. I only wish Rubio would tell us and Parkland H.S. what the advantages are of buying oneself an AR-15.
  7. Restoring our constitutional democracy to where it was before Antonin Scalia gave person status to corporations.
The last one is a valid use but only in fantasies that take us back to 1776 when King George eschewed camouflage and hadn't yet conceived of drones in his arsenal. Today King Donald's generals have MOABs at their disposal. (shh, don't tell him what that is).

If you do not approve of using an AR-15 in any of the aforementioned uses, you need to consider the proposed solutions:

  • Outlaw the AR-15 which is universally acknowledged to be an assault weapon useful only if our county were subject to invasion by organized armies--that's a thing of the past. When and if it should recur, we have better weapons than the AR-15 to defend with. There are other semi-automatic weapons but unlike the AR-15, they have much smaller "clips."
  • Limit access to lethal ammo. For instance, for target practice, why would you need anything other than a non-lethal (rubber, plastic) bullet, and why would you need to take any ammo home with you? When you do take it home as for home defense, why would you need more than one clip? In any event, purchases of rounds can be followed by computer just like guns.
  • Arming teachers. Doable in some circumstances. I think Mr. Trump may have something here--after all, how many police precincts have been attacked? Unfortunately, where there's a will, there's a way, and human resourcefulness would come up with alternate tactics.
  • Background checks and waiting periods. It's ludicrous that this obvious solution is still on the table.
  • Raising the legal age for purchasing an assault rifle to 21. This is a no-brainer that the NRA should no longer hinder.
  • Mental health restrictions make a lot of sense but, unfortunately, would only affect 5% of illegal gun use (according to experts on MSM).
  • Bump stocks. If outlawed, they are relatively easy to make. I suspect that they are hard to use or else we would have seen many more used in mass shootings.
  • This one's mine. Embed RFID's in random plastic parts of the AR-15 that set off silent alarms at public venues. Replacement of such parts to incur serious penalties.

 Some of these solutions can be emplemented at the national level while others would be left to the states. Ultimately, I think solutions limiting or modifying ammo are the best. Why couldn't we develope a cheap bullet that doesn't kill; instead, it incapcitates.


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