Mikeoxenormous
Diamond Member
Self-defense was the most popular reason for owning an AR-15. Other popular answers included recreation, target shooting and hunting, while some pointed to owning an AR-15 as their Second Amendment right.
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/interactive/2023/american-ar-15-gun-owners/
This is the left leaning Washington Post, admitting that without the government infringing on the right of American Citizens to exercise their 2nd amendments, it also keeps in check governments like Mexico, China or Russia, from ever trying to do to US what has happened to other countries. But the real issue, is that it keeps our own government from taking our other rights away in their attempt to turn this country into a 3rd world Socialist Utopia, like Venezuela or Cuba.

Why do Americans own AR-15s? - The Washington Post
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/interactive/2023/american-ar-15-gun-owners/
This is the left leaning Washington Post, admitting that without the government infringing on the right of American Citizens to exercise their 2nd amendments, it also keeps in check governments like Mexico, China or Russia, from ever trying to do to US what has happened to other countries. But the real issue, is that it keeps our own government from taking our other rights away in their attempt to turn this country into a 3rd world Socialist Utopia, like Venezuela or Cuba.
