Identifying the AR: Has anybody besides me noticed the term AR-15 rifle now many times is now being called an AR-15 style rifle by many news reporters and antigunners. Guess they are...

Huey Driver Loc: Texas

Has anybody besides me noticed the term AR-15 rifle now many times is now being called an AR-15 style rifle by many news reporters and antigunners. Guess they are tired of being called on the carpet for identifying to many rifles as AR-15's that only looked somewhat like the AR-15. Typical of anti-gun folks: making comments but never taking time to really learn something.

Frank T Loc: New York, NY

As of June 19th, there have been 318 mass shootings in the U.S.A.
But, guns are not a problem.

jim quist Loc: Missouri

The gun performs good or evil depending on who is using it.

Huey Driver Loc: Texas

Frank T wrote:

As of June 19th, there have been 318 mass shootings in the U.S.A.
But, guns are not a problem.

Your 100% correct. Bad people are the problem. Some how I think you still don't understand.

Wyantry Loc: SW Colorado

Frank T wrote:

As of June 19th, there have been 318 mass shootings in the U.S.A.
But, guns are not a problem.

PEOPLE are the problem.

If not guns, then knives, clubs, vehicles, spears, arrows, rocks or hands & feet.
Humans are really pretty nasty beings . . . .

Wyantry Loc: SW Colorado

jim quist wrote:

The gun performs good or evil depending on who is using it.

A great point the anti-gunners fail to recognize.

Wyantry Loc: SW Colorado

Frank T wrote:

As of June 19th, there have been 318 mass shootings in the U.S.A.
But, guns are not a problem.

Actually, guns are among the SAFEST and MOST RELIABLE mechanical devices ever manufactured.

There are NO documented cases of a gun somehow pointing ITSELF at a person and discharging without some directed-action by a human.

There “may” be some cases of mechanical failure or discharge due to excessive heat (fire), but the safety-record for UNINTENDED discharge by a weapon not under human control is statistically insignificant (nil).

LDB415 Loc: Houston south suburb

Frank T wrote:

As of June 19th, there have been 318 mass shootings in the U.S.A.
But, guns are not a problem.

No, guns are not a problem. People are a problem. In 2019, the latest convenient figures, over 10% of murders were committed with knives, 3% with hammers and other clubbing weapons and 5% with hands/fists/feet. The problem is evil people and leftist fools who are more concerned with banning firearms than dealing with the problem of evil people. You and your disgusting leftist ilk are the problem.

JohnFrim Loc: Somewhere in the Great White North.

Huey Driver wrote:

Has anybody besides me noticed the term AR-15 rifle now many times is now being called an AR-15 style rifle by many news reporters and antigunners. Guess they are tired of being called on the carpet for identifying to many rifles as AR-15's that only looked somewhat like the AR-15. Typical of anti-gun folks: making comments but never taking time to really learn something.

From a non-gun-owner/lover’s perspective, those weapons DO look similar, so you are making a distinction when the difference is insignificant. As an analogy, vehicles involved in an accident are often described/identified as truck, SUV, or sedan; brand and model are often meaningless distinctions in the big picture. The subtle differences matter under certain circumstances, but your weapons are all the same to me.

FrumCA

Frank T wrote:

As of June 19th, there have been 318 mass shootings in the U.S.A.
But, guns are not a problem.

Correct. The problem is people.

FrumCA

Wyantry wrote:

Actually, guns are among the SAFEST and MOST RELIABLE mechanical devices ever manufactured.

There are NO documented cases of a gun somehow pointing ITSELF at a person and discharging without some directed-action by a human.

There “may” be some cases of mechanical failure or discharge due to excessive heat (fire), but the safety-record for UNINTENDED discharge by a weapon not under human control is statistically insignificant (nil).

This is a FACT that's lost on the liberal anti gun crowd.

Frank T Loc: New York, NY

Wyantry wrote:

Actually, guns are among the SAFEST and MOST RELIABLE mechanical devices ever manufactured.

There are NO documented cases of a gun somehow pointing ITSELF at a person and discharging without some directed-action by a human.

There “may” be some cases of mechanical failure or discharge due to excessive heat (fire), but the safety-record for UNINTENDED discharge by a weapon not under human control is statistically insignificant (nil).

Wrong: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/20-federal-agents-police-officers-and-private-citizens-sue-sig-sauer-for-unintended-discharges-of-its-p320-guns-301783659.html

LDB415 Loc: Houston south suburb

Frank T wrote:

Wrong: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/20-federal-agents-police-officers-and-private-citizens-sue-sig-sauer-for-unintended-discharges-of-its-p320-guns-301783659.html

You can count at least half of those incidents as operater error, guaranteed, if not more. And 20 out of a few hundred million is statistically insignificant as already stated.

FrumCA

LDB415 wrote:

You can count at least half of those incidents as operater error, guaranteed, if not more. And 20 out of a few hundred million is statistically insignificant as already stated.

Evidently statistics are not Frank's strong suite.

One Rude Dawg Loc: Athol, ID

Frank T wrote:

As of June 19th, there have been 318 mass shootings in the U.S.A.
But, guns are not a problem.

You are correct, guns are not the problem.