336Robin wrote:
You don't have to educate me on firearms. It is a civilian version I understand that but it also made to hold a lot of ammo and having multiple clips enables the firing as far as you can squeeze the trigger which covers massive death with little reason for a sporting firearm.
Obviously, it is not possible to educate you on firearms.
An AR15 will accept magazines of 5rd, 10rd, 20rd, 30rd, and drum mags of 50 or more rounds.
Every semi-automatic firearm in existence "enables the firing as far (sic) as you can squeeze the trigger".
The only time a semi-auto firearm causes "massive death" is when a mentally disturbed individual uses one to kill people.
As we speak, 25 million American citizens own one or more AR15s.
I am one of them.
If the 25 million Americans who own an AR15 were mentally disturbed, the slaughter would be of Biblical proportions.
Couple years ago, Mother Jones conducted a study of mass shootings that occurred between 1982 and 2012.
The study included the type of firearm used in each instance.
In less than 3% of all mass shootings was a rifle of any type - bolt action, lever action, semi auto, shotgun - used to commit the crime.
97% of the killings were committed with a handgun.
In less than 2 seconds, the shooter can drop the empty mag from a semi-auto and replace it with a loaded one.
IOW, an AR shooter can empty three 10 round mags almost as fast as one with a 30 round mag.
Therefore, in most cases the capacity of a magazine is irrelevant.
However, in self defense situations, a high capacity magazine is highly recommended.
When ArmaLite sold the manufacturing license to Colt Firearms,
Colt designed and manufactured the semi-auto AR15
Sporter for civilian use.
The AR15 semi auto is a fine gun, used for many applications - target shooting, competition, hunting, and, of course, self defense. It is accurate, reliable, rugged, and easy to maintain.
However, due to the small caliber of the the bullet (.223rem or 5.56) and the relatively light powder charge, the AR's hunting applications are limited.
For your sake, I suggest you not display your ignorance of firearms.
Especially, to someone who fired his first shot at age 5 and whose father gave him his own 22LR semi-auto rifle when he was 7 years old.