Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: What is the use you would have for owning an AR-15? [View all]Puha Ekapi_2
(69 posts)for me to own AR-platform rifles. One, is for home defense. I live in a remote area of a very rural region of the western U.S. Violent crime is pretty rare, but it does happen. On a good day and with a bit of luck, response time to a 911 call is at least 30 minutes. If LE is otherwise occupied and/or in a remote part of the rez, it can be well over an hour. The AR is an excellent defensive weapon and I am more comfortable using it than just about anything else. I also have two AR's configured for hunting. One is an AR-15 in 6.8 SPC, and it's proven to be a great little deer rifle.The other is an AR-10 (the -15's bigger brother) that I've chambered in 7mm-08, and I use that for elk hunting during rifle season. I am primarily a bow hunter, but I also hunt rifle season, as well as other subsistence hunting to maximize the meat I put up for the year. The last reason, and I don't really expect some of you taibo to understand this, is for the defense of my people and my community. This is a very important thing to us.