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In reply to the discussion: This is another gun thread for those hiding them. [View all]SayWut
(153 posts)28. When was the last time anyone saw a yung'un driving around in a Buick or Oldsmobile?
Appearance, cultural and generational differences contribute a lot to the AR platforms appeal and popularity.
Advertising has something to do with it, but even more so, the entertainment industry (video games, TV and movies), is military style, semi-automatic weapons biggest salesperson.
Couple that with it's light weight, ease of use, reliability, huge aftermarket parts and accessories choices, plentiful and inexpensive ammo (at least it used to be), makes it the sports car of the gun world that even a pauper can afford.
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It's still macho because it's an AR-15 which is macho? Will the circle be unbroken?
Eleanors38
Jan 2013
#59
I'm not concerned about my masculinity, don't feel the need, at this point, for male enhancement
flamin lib
Jan 2013
#22
The OP posts a cogent, well laid out observation (argument) - and you claim they're assuming?
Melinda
Jan 2013
#35
Ya' know what? There are enough assholes in the discussion without you aspiring to become one.
flamin lib
Jan 2013
#110
I don't shoot very often but I really like the Swiss 7.5, replacement for the Schmit Ruben 31.
flamin lib
Jan 2013
#61
Farminator, this country is ALL about looks. The AR 15 is just a semi-auto with tail fins...
Eleanors38
Jan 2013
#62
My own personal experience is that it most definitely not very accurate especially when compared
Bandit
Jan 2013
#75
Shouldn't we also be talking about the "in-crowd" card? Tell me capitalism doesn't live & breathe on
patrice
Jan 2013
#7
other issues: would love to look into how many gun-fellowship groups there are in churches, a
patrice
Jan 2013
#81
Hiding gun threads, not guns. Beleive it or not some peoplr are bored by it all. nt
flamin lib
Jan 2013
#13
Not demonizing anything, just opining about why some people buy some products over others of
flamin lib
Jan 2013
#18
"That the Newtown shooter left his AR-15 in the trunk of his car and used pistols...
jmg257
Jan 2013
#30
"This is a way to so increase gun and ammo sales that the number of privately owned firearms
jmg257
Jan 2013
#34
When was the last time anyone saw a yung'un driving around in a Buick or Oldsmobile?
SayWut
Jan 2013
#28
"Folding Battle Sights" On The AR-15-Style Rifle, With Three 30-Round Magazines Included.
Paladin
Jan 2013
#31
Free float tubes are for accuracy.. Not heat dissipation, helping prevent flex on the barrel.
SQUEE
Jan 2013
#68
you don't have enough guns already? you haven't stocked up like everybody else?
farminator3000
Jan 2013
#117
i wish google translate did 'gunspeak', but i'll take a 'shot' at this anyhoo
farminator3000
Jan 2013
#119
Do you propose the outlawing of Picatinny rails, one-size-fits-all barrel shrouds, etc.?
Eleanors38
Jan 2013
#67
These are like big exhaust pipes, wings, giant tires, and huge suspension lifts
thetonka
Jan 2013
#55
Didn't say ban anything. Just opining about why so many want this over that. nt
flamin lib
Jan 2013
#56
Just go to a gun store and watch yahoos touch, fondle and drool over the dang things.
Hoyt
Jan 2013
#58
Members of gun culture don't usually recognize such bad behaviour in other cultist.
Hoyt
Jan 2013
#66
Bingo. Much of it is emotional. Like when you see that shiny new car on the dealers lot.
geckosfeet
Jan 2013
#76
Not for big game? The M-16A1 was designed and sold to the Military to take down
flamin lib
Jan 2013
#106
So all the posters in this thread who cite hunting as a reason to own an AR, the vast majority
flamin lib
Jan 2013
#124
So what you're saying is that since the late '60s the DOD has been outfitting soldiers to
flamin lib
Jan 2013
#127
I'm trying to say that the .223 round fired by the AR type guns is a deadly round
flamin lib
Jan 2013
#129
I don't need to be an AR-15 totin', mancard ownin' douche in order to tell if I'm a man ...
chemenger
Jan 2013
#84
For me keeping and bearing arms is more about self-reliance more than machismo.
aikoaiko
Jan 2013
#86