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Originally Posted by Bring_Back_Shantz
As for what you could do with a long rifle and a wood tock, sure it operates the same, but it most certainly cannot be used the same.
There is a big difference between a full barreled long rifle with a heavy stock, and a short barreled, super light AR with a 25 round magazine.
I know which one I could do a lot more damage with.
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As an example, this is a Ruger Mini-14. It is semi automatic with a wood stock and you can even get them with 18.5" barrels, which is fairly short. You can mount any optics on them. The only difference is the AR-15 looks scary because it is black and has a more modern look.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruger_Mini-14
The AR-15 is the modern version of the musket, and Americans need them. The ignorant masses are drenched in hysteria over these things. Outside of the Aurora mass shooting they are rarely used to murder people, because they are not concealable like a handgun is.