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linuxman

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26. Most states don't allow anything over 5 or so rounds in a rifle while hunting, regardless.
Sat Jun 27, 2015, 11:49 PM
Jun 2015

Personally, I don't hunt with an ar15. A larger more humane round is more suited, such as a 308. So long as hunters are following their local hunting restrictions, capacity doesn't seem to be a problem.

For civilian usage, I only use standard capacity magazines designed for my ar15. Those come in two standard sizes: 20 and 30. I have many 30 round types, but these days i favor the 20 for default usage. I don't own any highcapacity (over 30 round) magazines. Few people that shoot ar 15s do, frankly. Either way though, I don't conflate the civilian right to own them with the hunters need to use them. They are unrelated in that regard. Afterall, the second ammendment has literally nothing to do with hunting.

My Case Against Assault Weapons [View all] CajunBlazer Jun 2015 OP
Sadly, the gun's ability to inflict major damage and destroy internal organs is what attracts yahoos Hoyt Jun 2015 #1
Post removed Post removed Jun 2015 #6
And, seemingly, the weapon's apologists, as well villager Jun 2015 #51
I think you have more of an issue with barrel twist and mag capacity then with the gun itself Kaleva Jun 2015 #2
Yea, unfortunately.... CajunBlazer Jun 2015 #7
There are hundreds of millions of such magazines in circulation hack89 Jun 2015 #10
It would be pretty simple really CajunBlazer Jun 2015 #104
A question and some observations: First, how would you pay for them? friendly_iconoclast Jun 2015 #106
Welcome to DU :) Please feel free to repost and continue in GCRA if/when this is locked in GD Electric Monk Jun 2015 #3
A woman once had two sons. One became a sailor, the other only posted to GCRA. Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2015 #93
You sound like an Air Force officer. DashOneBravo Jun 2015 #4
Yea, I know CajunBlazer Jun 2015 #5
Welcome to DU, GGJohn Jun 2015 #9
Now hang on DashOneBravo Jun 2015 #12
If mass killings are your concern hack89 Jun 2015 #8
You do make an interesting argument here Electric Monk Jun 2015 #11
Wow, you scraped and reposted a cartoon! Is there some "critical mass of ridicule"... friendly_iconoclast Jun 2015 #20
re: 'toons Electric Monk Jun 2015 #35
Well then, if you feel like you're doing something useful by reposting them... friendly_iconoclast Jun 2015 #38
Like I said.... CajunBlazer Jun 2015 #14
If your proposal couldn't have prevented Va Tech hack89 Jun 2015 #18
Culture warriors looove security theater: friendly_iconoclast Jun 2015 #50
I am pretty sure there are many Snobblevitch Jun 2015 #32
Glocks lancer78 Jun 2015 #40
You've never seen a Beretta 92? 15 round magazine, factory standard. How about the Glock 17?... Marengo Jun 2015 #94
First off, its a magazine, not a clip Travis_0004 Jun 2015 #103
I do. If we banned semi-autos, gun sales would all but dry up. Revolvers just don't excite gun guys. Hoyt Jun 2015 #16
I like revolvers DashOneBravo Jun 2015 #22
Hope you aren't as fond of guns as some here. Hoyt Jun 2015 #29
I don't worship them DashOneBravo Jun 2015 #34
I'm a huge fan of bolt-actions, and revolvers. sir pball Jun 2015 #45
Glad to see you are enjoying your Saturday night with the gunz. Hoyt Jun 2015 #52
As usual, time spent with gun banners is always good for a few lulz friendly_iconoclast Jun 2015 #55
Nah dude, they're a thousand miles away sir pball Jun 2015 #56
Are you a deer hunter? linuxman Jun 2015 #13
I used to be a deer hunter.... CajunBlazer Jun 2015 #19
"Perhaps then we can agree that..." 'We' agree to no such thing. friendly_iconoclast Jun 2015 #23
Most states don't allow anything over 5 or so rounds in a rifle while hunting, regardless. linuxman Jun 2015 #26
I do prefer the twenty round Duckhunter935 Jun 2015 #31
Yeah, the aluminum are my favorite too. linuxman Jun 2015 #33
I'm actually amenable to that. sir pball Jun 2015 #49
Self-defense is not a sporting event, and imo, there is no moral duty friendly_iconoclast Jun 2015 #57
I have two SD firearms and neither holds more than nine. sir pball Jun 2015 #58
This message was self-deleted by its author friendly_iconoclast Jun 2015 #63
Another experinced shooter disagrees- see post #44 friendly_iconoclast Jun 2015 #66
Once again sarisataka Jun 2015 #15
I don't think you have ever seen.... CajunBlazer Jun 2015 #21
I may not have seen one fired at a drum of water sarisataka Jun 2015 #24
It's the "Empathy", "Forced Justification", and "MGAFYGAE/Uncle Ruckus" ploys friendly_iconoclast Jun 2015 #46
You know how else the story is bullshit? The AF never used a "semi-auto AR-15" friendly_iconoclast Jun 2015 #88
I'm sorry, but you are mistaken. CajunBlazer Jun 2015 #98
I am not. The Air Force never had semi-automatic AR-15s. *All* were full-auto friendly_iconoclast Jun 2015 #105
It's possible Shamash Jun 2015 #96
Mythbusters disagrees: friendly_iconoclast Jun 2015 #108
.223/5.56mm rounds won't penetrate a steel drum full of water while leaving a fist-sized exit hole friendly_iconoclast Jun 2015 #37
What kind of cartridge? Adrahil Jun 2015 #43
I've fired lots of guns at 5-gallon buckets of water, for what it's worth sir pball Jun 2015 #61
I've seen exit wounds on deer and hogs with 62gr 5.56 and the hole is not that big aikoaiko Jun 2015 #17
And coyote DashOneBravo Jun 2015 #28
Perhaps so..... CajunBlazer Jun 2015 #30
What????? Travis_0004 Jun 2015 #39
Maybe so for hunting, but if was faced with 2 or 3 home intruders... aikoaiko Jun 2015 #44
3 intruders, 7 rounds is fine. sir pball Jun 2015 #68
"I'd give myself the odds against 7 intruders with that gun, actually." Oh, please... friendly_iconoclast Jun 2015 #71
More like the odds of a gang of 7 being that into me sir pball Jun 2015 #73
And what if you're sick? Or just unlucky enough to attract enough warm bodies... friendly_iconoclast Jun 2015 #75
Fair enough. You're entitled to your opinion. aikoaiko Jun 2015 #97
This retired Tech Sergeant agrees with you nt MrScorpio Jun 2015 #25
Sounds like you have a problem with the ammo. ManiacJoe Jun 2015 #27
ARs can be had in many different calibers madville Jun 2015 #36
The case against ignorance seveneyes Jun 2015 #41
Agree with you 100% deathrind Jun 2015 #42
"The AR15 was designed to do one thing and one thing only" friendly_iconoclast Jun 2015 #47
If deathrind Jun 2015 #48
The shooting sports sanctioning bodies and most state game departments seem to disagree friendly_iconoclast Jun 2015 #53
Yes! The Germans, with some of the strictest gun control in Europe, hate the AR-15 SO MUCH! sir pball Jun 2015 #54
Pretty much *anyone* can build an AR15, as they are long out of patent friendly_iconoclast Jun 2015 #59
My point was Germany has no "assault weapons ban", as don't most Continental countries sir pball Jun 2015 #60
The Charlie Hebdo shooters got *their* weapons from the trunk of some dude's car friendly_iconoclast Jun 2015 #65
So far this thread has been a pretty good example of why gun threads are usually limited to the Electric Monk Jun 2015 #62
"See you in GCRA" Why? The subject can actually be *discussed* at GC&RKBA: friendly_iconoclast Jun 2015 #64
GC&RKBA isn't a safe haven for gunthusiasts, even if you'd like it to be Electric Monk Jun 2015 #67
I don't; I prefer vigorous, even heated discussion over crabbed, ever-supicious dogmatism friendly_iconoclast Jun 2015 #69
Thank you for helping make my point from post #62. If someone wants fight club, then GC&RKBA Electric Monk Jun 2015 #70
Groupthink and an unwillingness to listen to those who disgaree is a recipe for failure friendly_iconoclast Jun 2015 #74
NutmegYankee wasn't blocked, so that's a pretty hard FAIL on your part. Electric Monk Jun 2015 #76
Yet no one discussed his proposal, except to piss all over it friendly_iconoclast Jun 2015 #77
And, FWIW, I think his idea has a lot of merit and should be explored in *both* groups friendly_iconoclast Jun 2015 #78
So post it in GC&RKBA. I'm not stopping you. nt Electric Monk Jun 2015 #79
It was, a week ago. Discussing it there might be a little ...problematic for the GCRA crew, however friendly_iconoclast Jun 2015 #81
You're asking me to trust guns.com? I'll have to sleep on that. I will get back to you. Electric Monk Jun 2015 #83
You don't have to. Here is a link to the NCSA report: friendly_iconoclast Jun 2015 #87
Banning rifles based on how they *look* rather than *function* is absolutely ludicrous. pablo_marmol Jun 2015 #72
See reply #62. This part of the discussion is OLD. Been there, done that. NT Electric Monk Jun 2015 #80
Apparently, it needed to be repeated in order to remind certain parties friendly_iconoclast Jun 2015 #82
and this is why there's the rule about Guns in GD Electric Monk Jun 2015 #84
Exactly so. pablo_marmol Jun 2015 #86
So I'm assuming the "content" in post #62 you were referring to was this: pablo_marmol Jun 2015 #85
Facts like claiming to be 'certified' on a weapon the Air Force never used: friendly_iconoclast Jun 2015 #89
With my very first read of the OP I had a feeling it might go this way sooner or later. Electric Monk Jun 2015 #90
I don't regard verifiable mendacity as a 'technicality' friendly_iconoclast Jun 2015 #92
Yet you clearly have no rebuttal. So predictable. NT pablo_marmol Jun 2015 #101
I am not a firearms expert... CajunBlazer Jun 2015 #100
Did you know that the military has access to armor-piercing bullets that civilians can't own? friendly_iconoclast Jun 2015 #107
One more reason to ban guns mwrguy Jun 2015 #91
I fail to see the overall logic of the post Shamash Jun 2015 #95
Well thought out and said. Thanks. n/t freshwest Jun 2015 #99
K&R smirkymonkey Jun 2015 #102
Locking. Sorry, but the GD SoP has restrictions on gun posts; petronius Jun 2015 #109
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