Are they cops?
Are the ICE?
Are they cosplayers?
Source: https://redlib.northboot.xyz/r/LosAngeles/comments/1lfe5gb/ice_brandishing_silencers/
Are they cops?
Are the ICE?
Are they cosplayers?
Source: https://redlib.northboot.xyz/r/LosAngeles/comments/1lfe5gb/ice_brandishing_silencers/
My point is, everyone pretends an AR-15 is some high powered ultra mega death cannon. It’s a small bore rifle. It genuinely was adopted because it’s easy to teach the average Vietnam era draftee how to use it. It’s honestly no more threatening than the 9mm pistol every last beat cop wears on his hip every second of every shift. They’re both guns in the hands of maniacs.
… You seem to be forgetting about the difference between the width of the projectile and the actual force that it imparts.
A 5.56 round is comparable width, but it’s also moving significantly faster due to the “it’s a rifle round do I really need to explain this?” factor. It was designed and selected with criteria like “can enter a steel military helmet at 500 yards”.
Less recoil at high rates of fire with equivalent lethality are other criteria.
A rifle having ease of use doesn’t somehow make it safer than one that’s harder to maintain. I’m honestly not even sure what you’re thinking with that point. In your mind is a flintlock more dangerous because it’s tricky to use?
Yes, it’s a small bore military rifle designed with military lethality criteria with the requirement of easy operation and high accuracy at increased rates of fire.
What do you get out of trying to pretend there’s no real difference between a pistol and a rifle?
You’re still being silly as hell. The AR can be easily reconfigured for several different cartridges, some of which are quite powerful. Also, just about any rifle is far more deadly than any pistol for several reasons. Reducing the subject to a binary “can/can’t kill” is charitably, infantile and if I was not feeling charitable I’d call it a bad faith argument.