When anti-gunners lie about the AR-15 rifle, or just get it completely wrong..

[2aguy]

This weapon was designed for a battlefield and has no business on America's streets.

Full stop.

And yet there are now over 32 million AR-15 civilian rifles in private hands in the U.S. They are not the military rifle, they are the civilian rifle.

From Grok:

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As of 2025–early 2026 data, the most commonly cited industry estimate for AR-15-style rifles (often called "modern sporting rifles" or MSRs, including AR-15s, AK-style variants, and similar semi-automatic platforms) in U.S. civilian hands is approximately 32 million.
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With 32 million AR-15 rifles in private hands, they are used to kill fewer people than knives, clubs or bare hands...vs. the AR-15 civilian rifle.

From Grok:

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Latest Available Official Data (2024)The most recent detailed weapon breakdowns come from FBI data for 2024 (sourced via Statista and FBI Crime DataExplorer summaries). Here are the numbers for the categories you asked about (these are murders/non-negligentmanslaughters where the weapon was reported):

• Knives or cutting instruments: 1,566
• Blunt objects (clubs, hammers, etc.): 283
• Personal weapons (hands, fists, feet, etc.): 633
• Rifles (all rifles): 401

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We need to ban knives, they actually murder more people than AR-15 civilian rifles.

 

[2aguy]

None of those weapons had the destructive capability of the AR-15.

I'm less worried about them being used to kill deer and more worried when they get used on preschoolers.

And yet AR-15 civilian rifles are an underpowered rifle....5.56....and with 32 million in private hands in the U.S. they murder fewer people than knives...

 

[2aguy]

How is it hype.

If Adam Lanza had gone into Sandy Hook with a baseball bat, he wouldn't have been able to kill 26 people.

He'd have probably been overpowered before he killed 1.

The guy at Virginia Tech murdered more people with 2 hand guns, you dumb shit, vs. the idiot at Sandy Hook with the Rifle.....you dumb ass.....

From Grok:

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The Virginia Tech killer murdered more people than the Sandy Hook killer.Here are the facts, based on official reports:

• Virginia Tech shooting (April 16, 2007): Seung-Hui Cho killed 32 people (27 students and 5 faculty members) before committing suicide. Total deaths including the shooter: 33. He wounded 17 others with gunfire (plus additional injuries from people jumping out of windows).
• Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting (December 14, 2012): Adam Lanza killed 26 people (20 first-grade children aged 6–7 and 6 adult staff members) before committing suicide. He had also killed his mother at home earlier that morning, bringing total deaths including the shooter to 28 (or sometimes counted as 27 at the school plus his mother).

Virginia Tech had 6 more victims murdered than Sandy Hook (32 vs. 26).Weapons Used

• Virginia Tech (Cho): Two semi-automatic handguns — a 9mm Glock 19 and a .22-caliber Walther P22. He carried hundreds of rounds of ammunition and reloaded during the attacks, which took place in two separate incidents on campus (dormitory and then Norris Hall). No rifle was used.
• Sandy Hook (Lanza): Primarily a Bushmaster XM15-E2S, which is an AR-15-style semi-automatic rifle(chambered in .223 Remington). He also carried two handguns (a 10mm Glock 20SF and a 9mm SIG Sauer P226), but the rifle was the main weapon used inside the school. He fired 154 rounds in under five minutes. A shotgun was left in his car and not used in the school attack.
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[2aguy]

I never heard of a mass slaughter being carried out with a baseball bat.

I have heard of Sandy Hook, Aurora, Stoneman High School, etc.

Knives murder more people every single year than all of the mass public shooters combined. each year....we need to ban knives.

 

[0311]

Saw this video about the lies about the AR-15 rifle....
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Another in a long line edited for content clips that prove nothing.

 

[AZrailwhale]

How is it hype.

If Adam Lanza had gone into Sandy Hook with a baseball bat, he wouldn't have been able to kill 26 people.

He'd have probably been overpowered before he killed 1.

Considering his victims were all small children he would have killed more. If he had gone in with a double barreled shotgun he would have killed more.

 

[JoeB131]

What kind of gun did Timothy McVeigh use to kill 150 people? The Boston marathon bombers used a pressure cooker. The simplest way to kill is by a car or truck. The problem is the killer not their method. Killers run free because of democrat policies

 

[JoeB131]

And yet there are now over 32 million AR-15 civilian rifles in private hands in the U.S. They are not the military rifle, they are the civilian rifle.

From Grok:

Guy, don't waste my time using "Mecha-Hitler" to make your arguments for you.

By the same logic, if only a FEW AR-15s are causing the problems, you could say the same for undocumented immigrants.

 

[2aguy]

Guy, don't waste my time using "Mecha-Hitler" to make your arguments for you.

By the same logic, if only a FEW AR-15s are causing the problems, you could say the same for undocumented immigrants.

Illegal aliens do not have to be in our country. Owning a rifle is a Right.

 

[Hafar1014]

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Easily preventable by putting violent people in prison and mental hospitals. Democrats refuse to allow that.

 

[JoeB131]

Illegal aliens do not have to be in our country. Owning a rifle is a Right.

Nope. The Second Amendment is about Militias.

 

[JoeB131]

Easily preventable by putting violent people in prison and mental hospitals. Democrats refuse to allow that.

because we lock up more people than Red China and we STILL don't have enough room for them all.

 

[Hafar1014]

Nope. The Second Amendment is about Militias.

100% wrong the SC settled that in Heller its an individual right

• Individual Right: The Court ruled (5-4) that the right to bear arms is unconnected to service in a militia.
• The Heller ruling (District of Columbia v. Heller, 2008) is a landmark Supreme Court decision that held, for the first time in U.S. history, that the Second Amendment protects an individual's right to keep and bear arms for self-defense

 

[Hafar1014]

because we lock up more people than Red China and we STILL don't have enough room for them all.

Democrats dont lock anyone up

 

[Auld Phart]

Nope. The Second Amendment is about Militias.

only the first half.

try reading the rest if it.

 

[M14 Shooter]

Anti-gun loons, like JoeB131 lie.
Its all they do.
What else is new.

 

[AZrailwhale]

Nope. The Second Amendment is about Militias.

Wrong. SCOTUS already ruled on that, not that you care, since your opinions are far more erudite and relevant than theirs.

 

[AZrailwhale]

Democrats dont lock anyone up

And the Chinese tend to summarily execute their criminals, then bill their families for the 9mm bullet used.

 

[martybegan]

Nope. The Second Amendment is about Militias.

One part is about the States being allowed to have militias, the other part is about the people's RKBA.

 

[hadit]

Nope. The Second Amendment is about Militias.

That's not what the Supreme Court says, and their opinion is worth a whole lot more than yours is.