Mark, Semper Fi. I have to tell you (as you know already) nothing brings more pride in my past than my service in the USMC. Thanks for your service over so many years. I only did my 4 years and then got out in 1968 after 2 tours in Vietnam with HMM-265 at Marble Mountain and Northward from there.
I bought my first AR-15 not because I really wanted one but because the 1994 gun ban was about to come up. Until Barack H. Obama came onto the scene Bill Clinton was the biggest gun dealer of all time. Like you I hate to have a government tell me I can't have something that I am going to use safely. I bought an M1-A for the same reason. Now that I have the AR I use it for coyotes, ground squirrels, prairie dogs, etc. If the time comes that I need it for self defense I have it. No matter what the anti gunners say it is a superb hunting rifle. What really angers me though is the anti gunners don't simply want Assault Rifle looking guns. They want them all. In the past I have heard anti gunners who wanted hunting rifles with scopes because they were really sniper rifles in disguise. 50 caliber rifles like the Barrett are also going to be under attack because they are a heavy rifle. It makes no difference that nobody would ever use one for a crime. It looks assault rifle ish if you know what I mean. There is no satisfying these idiots. Semi auto shotguns then pump shotguns and finally side by sides will be taken if we don't all stand up to these gun grabbers and don't give an inch at any time.
For those of us who don't like the Assault Rifle types (and that is fine) you really should stand up for mine because your Parker will be next if you don't.
Dennis
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