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Gun Control Reform Activism

ExciteBike66

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1. Also: AR-15 vs. M16 (bs distinction)

Reply to billh58 (Original post)

Thu Mar 22, 2018, 01:57 PM

Mar 2018

Technically speaking the modern M16 series rifles have a 3-round burst setting that civilian AR-15s don't have. Gun-nuts like to use this "distinction" to claim their civilian rifles are NOTHING LIKE the military versions.

Don't let this fool you! Infantrymen (like me in earlier years) are taught NOT to use the 3-round burst function, as it is generally regarded as a waste of ammo. Besides, we have larger, belt-fed automatics in our infantry squads that are perfectly capable of laying down suppressing fire.

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The NRA and its allies use jargon to bully gun-control supporters [View all] billh58 Mar 2018 OP

Also: AR-15 vs. M16 (bs distinction) ExciteBike66 Mar 2018 #1

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