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In reply to the discussion: This is another gun thread for those hiding them. [View all]jmg257
(11,996 posts)33. Cheers - you too! nt
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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