NPR Morning Edition: Why the AR-15 is more than just a gun.

[curtisfong]

http://www.npr.org/2013/06/24/194228925/why-the-ar-15-is-more-than-just-a-gun

Please, if you are going to comment on the article page, be civil

[glock17_1986]

Wow

I used to listen to that station most of the day. Now i just cant stand them and most of the people who listen to them. I mean I am glad they did a piece showing the other side and i thought it was some what well done. But the people who comment about how guns should be regulated really have no ground to stand on. Its really stupid that they base laws on these really stupid feelings they have and not facts.

Sorry for my rant guys.

[BigPimping]

Your rant is totally understandable and justified.

[stix213]

Sadly that is about as fair an article as we could ever hope for from NPR.

[curtisfong]

Forest. Trees.

A piece like that would have been unthinkable on NPR 5 years ago.

[morfeeis]

"military style weapons"

every-time she said that i wanted to close the page.

"The army wanted a gun that could kill a lot of peopple even without good aim, one you could spray with"

and that's when i closed the link

and i'm paying for the **** propaganda.

[eric_650]

spray. I knew that word would come up again.

[Soundslikesight]

Yeah I heard this story too. Honestly, I like kpcc and NPR. However I really get bothered by their firearm related stories. It seems to me that NPR really does try to be unbiased and have representatives from both sides of issues. They try and sometimes succeed, however it's always evident that the entire organization is comprised of liberals and left leaning journalists, editors, ect.... This has an influence on their journalism on subjects like firearms and the 2nd A.
They will put together a story about the gun control debate and bring on one guest from the Brady campaign and in an attempt to give voice to our side, bring on some imbicile from a gun shop in Appalachia who spouts off a bunch of nonsense. I will say though that I have heard some debates where it was fair and balanced and they actually got it right. The problem though is that every reporter on these stories has probably never even held gun.
I do think they try to be fair and balanced but unfortunately they fail as evident by this morning's story.

[Wherryj]

http://www.npr.org/2013/06/24/194228...han-just-a-gun

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"Glascock was 3 years old when he started shooting a .22 caliber with his grandfather. By 5 years old, he moved on to shotguns. He started collecting military-style guns when he turned 18, and he just built an AR-15 for his 19-year-old son last Christmas."

Wow, that's starting young (IF it's true).

[mshill]

I don't heavily object to "military style" cause that is in fact what it is... A style. I get more upset by "military type" comments.
I'm jus waiting for the Rogers and Marlins of the world to start releasing bullpup designs with their tried and true semi-auto .22 platforms in side them. That's when people will really start to freak out, when the Marlin 795 and River 10/22 start looking like Favor Tar-21 and P90.

[Wherryj]

every-time she said that i wanted to close the page.
and that's when i closed the link

and i'm paying for the **** propaganda.

By "military style" weapons I assume that he meant "has a trigger and a barrel"? Of is he discussing COSMETIC features that have nothing to do with a rifle's effectiveness?

I have a .243 Winchester that I was gifted at 13 years of age. It has those "deadly detachable magazines", albeit with a bolt action (there are many in semi-auto). The .243 cartridge (about 2000 ftlb) does have about twice the kinetic energy of the .223 (about 1200 ftlb). It has a much longer effective range and is even more accurate. I'd argue that it is more lethal even if is has "wood furniture".

That doesn't even begin to scratch the surface on the fact that the .243 is often the "smallest" cartridge allowed for deer hunting in many states.

[Lifeon2whls]

Quote:
"The army wanted a gun that could kill a lot of peopple even without good aim, one you could spray with"

You know I don't mind that they put this in there IF they followed it up with the fact that far fewer bullets hit their targets if you compare each conflict and how many rounds it took/kill. That said, they should be much more afraid of the mighty Garand

[curtisfong]

Not to mention that the military specifically started training the troops to *only* use automatic fire for suppression, not to "kill a lot of people"

[Write Winger]

It's NPR... I couldn't even open the link. Their radio shows are even worst. Their dull robotic monotone voices drive me insane, like they're trying to be all so professorial and dignified while spouting drivel.

[supermanuf]

There is nothing pro gun about this article. It's the same NPR anti-gun, anti-AR message just presented in a different way. Here's some real gems:

"But this Mr. Potato Head is deadly."

"the ability to kill even without good aim." (the gun aims itself, or it has magic bullets, apparently??)