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Originally Posted by btimbit
Can I ask why you single out ARs? There's plenty of weapons that are non restricted that would do way more damage but I'm fascinated by people's fixation on this one particular design
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I think the key point in what he was saying is AR style, its easy to use the AR asa representative of a class of weapons because frankly I think its one of the most well known and popular rifles on the market, but also because it looks similar to its military style cousin the M-16.
If we're going to have a reasonable weapon's debate I believe that we can use the term AR style weapon as long as we look at things like
The ability to use a high capacity magazine, while the native magazine that is used is lets say 20 rounds or greater.
A fully semi-automatic design with a high rate of fire
Modularity or the ability to modify the original design to suit the shooters personal needs.
Design is based around a military design
An AR style of rifle can be used as a classification and can include weapons such as the HK MR223, the Bushmaster XM series of sports rifles, Smith and Wesson M&P15 and the Barrett Rec-7.