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In reply to the discussion: Journalist describes the trauma of firing an AR15 for first time. [View all]discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,603 posts)22. It's happening as you read this.
Regular folks are reading what he wrote and similar writings by the hundreds or thousands like him. They are stopping their research into firearms because they are believing such misinformation.
I guess there's nothing more attractive than making a buck while pushing your agenda. What interests me is how such folks acquired their agenda. Was it something passed on from a parent? Maybe it was a conversation with a college friend at backyard barbecue.
What's disappointing is the stuff on both sides that passes for journalism and truth.
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Journalist describes the trauma of firing an AR15 for first time. [View all]
Dial H For Hero
Aug 2021
OP
I agree the description is over-dramatized, but the AR15 concept was never meant for deer hunting.
Atticus
Aug 2021
#1
The AR15 platform can fire many different rounds. Some suitable for hunting deer.
Kaleva
Aug 2021
#7
Ok. The .223 Remington is considered to be insufficient by many to cleanly kill deer
Kaleva
Aug 2021
#10
To be pedantic, .308 is not a chambering for the AR-15, but rather the AR-10.
Dial H For Hero
Aug 2021
#12
Actually, my headline wasn't technically accurate as the rifle in question was an HK,
Dial H For Hero
Aug 2021
#11
He'd apparently would have passed out after firing my MosinNagant M-44 in 7.6254mmR lol
EX500rider
Aug 2021
#23
A Pulitzer Prize winning author pushing an agenda? Now you're just being cynical.
Dial H For Hero
Aug 2021
#13
Let's not forget a journalist's description of his firing of an AR-15, some 5 years ago:
Dial H For Hero
Aug 2021
#17