Gun Control & RKBA

...are of interest to me. I do take that subject seriously. I save my discussions on other political topics for other venues, for the most part.


1. If I am in a situation where I need to use a firearm to defend myself and my family, it's very possible that a bad guy will be well armed with semi auto firearms. I want to be at least as well armed, preferably better. I want the odds stacked in my favor as far as possible. I'd be an idiot to seek a "fair" fight in a defensive situation.

2. Of course I can hunt without a semi auto, and I do. As I stated earlier, I'm primarily a bowhunter and I use primitive bows that I make myself. I also hunt during rifle season to increase the meat I put up. I have been using AR platform rifles for that more lately because they are accurate, lightweight, reliable and I can do pretty much all the work on them myself without being a trained gunsmith and without a big investment in specialized tools. I can even swap barrels to change calibers easily and quickly, something I'd have to take a bolt action rifle to a gunsmith to do, and pay money that I'd rather have in my pocket. The two AR's that I have configured for hunting are set up with 5 round magazines, and I only load them with three rounds. The several animals that I have taken with them have all been one shot kills.