I don't feel the need 'cause I live in a fairly low-crime area...
and the government hasn't quite gotten to the point of being terribly oppressive...
but I'm thinking it may be time to rethink my complacent attitude...
so that, at the very least, I can hand down to my children and grandchildren the means to fight against a potentially out-of-control oppressive government...
ar style weapons are popular because they're light, and have little recoil. They're great for the wife and kids.
Not a lot of mechanism to em where you're having to learn hold a heavy rifle and pull and return a bolt
ammo is cheaper than other ammo. I'm reloading at half the cost of store bought ammo
at a 100 yards I can keep my grouping inside a quarter, so they can be reloaded to be very accurate.
I'm betting I could set out 10 quarter-sized targets, on 5 foot intervals at 100 yards and you couldn't hit within a foot of any single one of them.
Besides, for personal defense purposes, the target will seldom be more than a few feet from your gun. If you shoot a perp at 100 yards, you'd better have a good excuse.
Get yourself a cowboy .45 and learn how to shoot from the hip into a 100 pound sack of corn....use the force, Luke! Use the force!