The AR

Are you ready for the portion where the discourse begins?

Keep in mind this is an open blog! I want your opinions even if you disagree with my thoughts...

On that note... let's begin

So I, the unhinged one, have been building an AR-15. Partly because I want one... and partly because its what I feel most comfortable with. After having carried am M4 for a year straight, I simply feel more solid with a rifle in my hand than anything else. With that said... I feel I am more accurate, effective, and stable with a rifle than a handgun... which is funny because it seems that many states at this point are doing all they can to try to ban these rifles... This proposes an interesting thought process, with a 1/8 or a 1/7 twist, rifles tend to be more accurate than pistols over longer distances, which in a "shit hit the fan" scenario could mean the difference in collateral damage. Yes... I know some of you would have me "wait for police," but with the potential to preserve life and property, wouldn't you rather someone act in the case of an active shooter, or are we so far into the stage of inaction as people that we would rather hide and hope to not be found and executed in a way that makes old yeller look like a cartoon? Should those of you desire a person spring to action, would you rather them take action with something they are comfortable with, or something that may result in you or your family getting hurt?

Lets be honest, we are demonizing certain guns over others simply because we are afraid of what one looks like over the other. When asked what looks like the least scary fire arm in a line up... most of you would pick something vanilla such as a snubnosed revolver or a glock - why? We have been conditioned to associate certain weapons with authority and "bad guys." Bad guys ALWAYS carry AK's right? Cops have glocks, and in the older movies, some kind of revolvers. SWAT always have m16s or some variant that fires hundreds of rounds in full auto without any reloading.

For those of us that have been in a firefight - or hell even on a range, or doing tactical maneuvers - know that 30 rounds doesn't last long, especially in the case of more than one assailant, and the many of the pistol calibers don't contain the same stopping power as the 5.56, 6.8, or 7.62, let alone the accuracy, stability, or magazine size necessary for a said situation....

Lets get into something deeper. The Constitution was not made to support or ban certain kinds of guns, or tell people how they are allowed to carry them. it simply states that Americans have the right to keep AND bear arms. What does this mean? Keep - own, have, etc... Bear - carry with them, but for what purpose? To protect one's own self, and to stand up to tyrannical government should political means fail. When we look at the political portion of it all,  the US Government is placing illegal and unconstitutional bans on weapons. Why? We have already discussed it. The political means seem to have already failed as the elitists within the US Government continue to flood the Media with scare tactics to sway support. Well lets look realistically...

Did you know that Murder is one of the lowest performed crimes, yet is the highest covered by the media? Have you noticed that they tend to push gun murders to the front of the line... and emphasize that its an ASSAULT rifle, or a SEMI AUTOMATIC pistol? Not its actual nomenclature such as, Glock, AR15, M249 SAW etc...? No murders by m249? My bad.

So get this... The Media ... well almost all forms of public communication are controlled by the FCC. Who controls the FCC? oops! The Federal Government. Imagine that...

So lets take a trip through time... We have individuals like Klebold and Harris, that creepy fucker from the Aurora shooting, and Adam Lanza... terrible - heinous crimes. Crimes for which there is a special room in hell for these people... but how many were listed there? 4? ok so there's another probably 15 mass shooters out there. Great, I get it... so we're looking at 20... with how many millions of law abiding Americans who are now on a crazy uphill struggle against the Fed for the sins of a few? That makes sense... hey lets motor driven vehicles with their 4 deadly killing wheels away from Americans because hundreds of people are killed per year by DUI. Having a gun doesn't equip anyone to become a murderer, having a brain does.

You may not be able to fathom it... but because you are a living human being, you have a statistically higher chance of killing someone as opposed to a hungry shark in shallow Australian waters. Congrats, because you are breathing and have cognitive functions in your brain housing group, you could very well become a killer.

If you are rolling your eyes by now, good, my point has hit home, this is how it feels every time I hear a gun grabber tell me that I'm a danger to society because I chose to exercise my constitutional right to own a gun.

Please, tell me how I'm wrong. I'm excited to hear your opinions.