Why I Need an AR-15

Why I Need an AR-15
For people who are against guns, don't know guns, but have an open mind, read this. "So there you have it: the above represents a few reasons why I and a few million other non-crazy Americans own and shoot so-called semi-auto “assault rifles”. (For the pro-gun people, I realize that “assault rifle” means “full auto” to you, but it doesn’t to most folks; and it’s a made-up political term anyway. It really just means “any scary looking gun that we don’t like and want to ban”, so please spare me the nitpicking for using the term to cover semi-auto ARs. We lost that definitional battle a long time ago.) You may reject all of the rationales offered above, which is fine. It’s totally respectable for you to admit that you don’t believe the needs above are legitimate, and therefore we should outlaw civilian ownership of a very large category of weapons. But what isn’t respectable is to argue this way, and then to turn around and claim that “nobody is coming for your guns!” That’s insulting, and we both know it isn’t true. Stop doing that."