What would you base an AR-15 ban on? Just the name? Functional capability? Appearance? By model number?
Length of barrel and semi-automatic status? Would that impact hunting weapons?
AR-15s are hunting weapons for many people. So it would impact those. It's not a preferable deer hunting rifle, but I've known people who use them for coyote hunting and varmint hunting.
Well not every mass shooting involves an AR.
I have a similar one in 220 swift for coyote, rabbit, general varmint shooting at distance. And it's hella fun to take plinking.AR-15s are hunting weapons for many people. So it would impact those. It's not a preferable deer hunting rifle, but I've known people who use them for coyote hunting and varmint hunting.
There are already minimums on barrel length of a rifle.
I think overall minimum length, semi-automatic, detachable magazine would be a place to start as far as regulating current AR-15 and similar weapons, but then a day later there is a model that meets the min length, has a large internal magazine, and wouldn't you know it the gun industry has designed a weapon that doesn't classify as semi-automatic yet can be fired almost as fast.
Look to the last AWB and the way the industry and customers found ways around the regulations.
Let's keep in mind these are semi-automatic rifles with detachable magazines that are relatively short.
The one on the bottom shoots .22 cal rounds that are on the very low end as far as "power" is concerned, even compared to moat handguns. There is almost no way you could ban AR-15s and not ban that Ruger 10/22.
AR-15s are hunting weapons for many people. So it would impact those. It's not a preferable deer hunting rifle, but I've known people who use them for coyote hunting and varmint hunting.
There are already minimums on barrel length of a rifle.
I think overall minimum length, semi-automatic, detachable magazine would be a place to start as far as regulating current AR-15 and similar weapons, but then a day later there is a model that meets the min length, has a large internal magazine, and wouldn't you know it the gun industry has designed a weapon that doesn't classify as semi-automatic yet can be fired almost as fast.
Look to the last AWB and the way the industry and customers found ways around the regulations.
Let's keep in mind these are semi-automatic rifles with detachable magazines that are relatively short.
The one on the bottom shoots .22 cal rounds that are on the very low end as far as "power" is concerned, even compared to moat handguns. There is almost no way you could ban AR-15s and not ban that Ruger 10/22.
Hopefully he podcasts on it tonight.
Phoenix lost to an Australian league team. They have a couple issues.
