AR-15 rifles are excellent deer guns in the right hands. (David Hunter Jones photo)
By David Hunter Jones, OutdoorChannel.com
Despite what the major news outlets may tell you, your AR-15 is not an assault weapon and “AR” darn sure doesn’t stand for “Assault Rifle.”
It stands for Armalite, the company that, through Eugene Stoner, developed the platform. Also, for a weapon to be considered an assault weapon, it needs to be fully automatic, in that a single squeeze of the trigger will send lead downrange until you let go.
The media will have you believe that because a weapon has a pistol grip, adjustable stock or one or more of any features the press has deemed “evil,” you’ve got an assault weapon. Not so.
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