AR-15s

[Pamela]

I am getting really tired of hearing that no one uses the AR-15 platform to hunt. That is patently NOT TRUE!

In Texas, I see hunting all the time with the AR-15. I have seen feral hogs in the 400 lb range brought down by the AR-15. You can take anything from prairie dogs to big game with an AR-15.

See here for plenty of information, yes YOU, TW.

The Second Amendment doesn't mention hunting. Hunting is a straw man argument. Directly traceable to the arguer not having a factual leg to stand on. The Second Amendment was written to enable We The People to defend our liberties and freedoms and rights from an overreaching government, in the unlikely event that the ballot box and the soap box fail to do so. Anyone who has read the Federalist Papers knows that the Founders meant (explicitly) that we were to be armed with weapons commonly available at the time. That means semi auto rifles, semi auto pistols and, yes even cannon. If one can afford a bazooka and the associated taxes and fees and whatnot, one should be able to buy a damn bazooka. Anyone with the cash can buy a tank already. Just Google around and I bet you can even find one with a hot gun (not destroyed before sale).

The point is, once we allow the government to attach conditions to a right, they can and will start attaching conditions to all our rights. We must not start down that slippery slope. I'll spare us all my usual quoting of appropriate patriotic sayings and suchlike. Bumper sticker logic is not going to change any minds or hearts.