{"id":199315,"date":"2024-09-28T12:06:24","date_gmt":"2024-09-28T17:06:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=199315"},"modified":"2024-09-28T12:06:30","modified_gmt":"2024-09-28T17:06:30","slug":"who-really-needs-an-ar-15-anyway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/who-really-needs-an-ar-15-anyway\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Really NEEDS an AR-15 Anyway?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-yoast-seo-estimated-reading-time yoast-reading-time__wrapper\"><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__icon\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-icon=\"clock\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" style=\"display:inline-block;vertical-align:-0.1em\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" stroke-width=\"2\" d=\"M12 8v4l3 3m6-3a9 9 0 11-18 0 9 9 0 0118 0z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__spacer\" style=\"display:inline-block;width:1em\"><\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__descriptive-text\">Estimated reading time: <\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__reading-time\">12<\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__time-unit\"> minutes<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I once worked for someone with an interesting worldview. During my entrance interview, he said the only thing the organization did not tolerate was intolerance. This was indeed a fine platitude. However, to paraphrase Inigo Montoya from&nbsp;<em>The Princess Bride,<\/em>&nbsp;that trite mantra did not mean what you think it means.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-yoast-seo-table-of-contents yoast-table-of-contents\"><h2>Table of contents<\/h2><ul><li><a href=\"#h-what-is-tolerance-anyway\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"who-really-needs-an-ar-15-anyway\" title=\"Who Really NEEDS an AR-15 Anyway?\" data-level=\"2\">What Is Tolerance Anyway?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-the-direct-gas-impingement-lightning-rod\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"who-really-needs-an-ar-15-anyway\" title=\"Who Really NEEDS an AR-15 Anyway?\" data-level=\"2\">The Direct Gas Impingement Lightning Rod<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-ar-15-assumptions\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"who-really-needs-an-ar-15-anyway\" title=\"Who Really NEEDS an AR-15 Anyway?\" data-level=\"2\">AR-15 Assumptions<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-the-real-need-for-an-ar-15\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"who-really-needs-an-ar-15-anyway\" title=\"Who Really NEEDS an AR-15 Anyway?\" data-level=\"2\">The Real Need For An AR-15<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-a-tale-of-two-home-invasions-oklahoma\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"who-really-needs-an-ar-15-anyway\" title=\"Who Really NEEDS an AR-15 Anyway?\" data-level=\"2\">A Tale of Two Home Invasions &#8211; Oklahoma<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-quite-the-scene\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"who-really-needs-an-ar-15-anyway\" title=\"Who Really NEEDS an AR-15 Anyway?\" data-level=\"2\">Quite The Scene<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-californicating\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"who-really-needs-an-ar-15-anyway\" title=\"Who Really NEEDS an AR-15 Anyway?\" data-level=\"2\">Californicating<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-a-real-creep\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"who-really-needs-an-ar-15-anyway\" title=\"Who Really NEEDS an AR-15 Anyway?\" data-level=\"2\">A Real Creep<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-ar-15-ruminations\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"who-really-needs-an-ar-15-anyway\" title=\"Who Really NEEDS an AR-15 Anyway?\" data-level=\"2\">AR-15 Ruminations<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-so-does-the-ar-15-have-a-place\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"who-really-needs-an-ar-15-anyway\" title=\"Who Really NEEDS an AR-15 Anyway?\" data-level=\"2\">So Does The AR-15 Have A Place?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-ar-15-conclusion\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"who-really-needs-an-ar-15-anyway\" title=\"Who Really NEEDS an AR-15 Anyway?\" data-level=\"2\">AR-15 Conclusion<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-26-at-5.56.23\u202fAM-1024x630.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-199319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-26-at-5.56.23\u202fAM-1024x630.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-26-at-5.56.23\u202fAM-400x246.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-26-at-5.56.23\u202fAM-150x92.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-26-at-5.56.23\u202fAM-768x472.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-26-at-5.56.23\u202fAM.jpg 1294w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Princess Bride is a simply epic movie. More wisdom is to be found in that inspired 98 minutes&#8217; worth of celluloid than in all of Washington DC.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-is-tolerance-anyway\">What Is Tolerance Anyway?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>That phrase meant that they would embrace without conditions anybody whose vision and values aligned with their own left-leaning sort. I am a pro-life, machinegun-collecting military veteran who believes that the only hope in this world comes through faith in Jesus Christ. It&#8217;s guys like me who strain that capacity for tolerance, not the folks with weird sexual fetishes. We got along swimmingly, but as a conservative gun guy, I always felt a bit like the awkward ugly out-of-town cousin during social events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tolerance is a one-way street in Information Age America. You can sleep with road kill and identify as a pan-sexual cross-dressing extraterrestrial, and the Left will celebrate you as a boundary-pushing role model. However, assert that all this pervasive sexual weirdness is actually wrong and that violence sometimes really IS the answer and you will find just how tolerant the Left is. In my experience, that would be not terribly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-direct-gas-impingement-lightning-rod\">The Direct Gas Impingement Lightning Rod<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-26-at-6.01.21\u202fAM-1024x340.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-199322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-26-at-6.01.21\u202fAM-1024x340.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-26-at-6.01.21\u202fAM-400x133.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-26-at-6.01.21\u202fAM-150x50.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-26-at-6.01.21\u202fAM-768x255.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-26-at-6.01.21\u202fAM-1536x510.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-26-at-6.01.21\u202fAM-2048x680.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Army&#8217;s new SIG XM7 is indeed a whiz-bang smoke pole. However, it&#8217;s just a nicely upgraded gas piston-driven AR-10 chambered for a flashy new cartridge.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I would love to be able to sit down with James Sullivan and Gene Stoner. I would ask them if they had any inkling of the chaos their remarkable little rifle might someday foment. My gut feeling is that these were just exceptionally gifted gun nerds who liked to tinker. I doubt it ever occurred to them that the AR-15 might eventually become so politically charged. The weapon they designed went on to become the longest-serving Infantry rifle in American history. Considering the new SIG XM7 Spear is itself just a souped-up piston-driven AR-10, that record does not look like it will be broken anytime soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s not that we Americans harbor a passing interest in the AR-15 rifle. We are veritably consumed by it. Nobody knows how many of the things are out there. Estimates run as high as 44 million. That\u2019s roughly one-tenth of the nearly 400 million guns currently in circulation in our Great Republic. Now let\u2019s put that number in perspective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"565\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-26-at-5.59.12\u202fAM-1-1024x565.jpg\" alt=\"Row of AR-15 guns pointing skyward leaned against stone wall\" class=\"wp-image-199321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-26-at-5.59.12\u202fAM-1-1024x565.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-26-at-5.59.12\u202fAM-1-400x221.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-26-at-5.59.12\u202fAM-1-150x83.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-26-at-5.59.12\u202fAM-1-768x423.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-26-at-5.59.12\u202fAM-1-1536x847.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-26-at-5.59.12\u202fAM-1-2048x1129.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">We Americans have accumulated quite a lot of AR-style rifles.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-ar-15-assumptions\">AR-15 Assumptions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Assume for the sake of discussion that all of those AR-15s have collapsible stocks and 16-inch barrels. Some are pistols, while others are long-barreled service guns. However, we\u2019re just looking for an average. A standard M-4-style AR-15 is 31.5 inches with the stock collapsed. If you took every one of those 44 million rifles and laid them out muzzle-to-butt they would stretch for 21,875 miles. That would very nearly circle the globe. We Yanks do love our AR-15s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those on the other side of the gun control argument will simply never understand. The observation that we have enough AR-15s to girdle the earth will induce the vapors among our less durable countrymen. However, the issue is nuanced and often turns upon your background and conditioning.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-real-need-for-an-ar-15\">The Real Need For An AR-15<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Folks raised in New York City likely cannot imagine living in a place wherein you might run your favorite black rifle safely off your back porch. However, I live in rural Mississippi and do just that all the time. That\u2019s honestly why those great old guys who thought up the US Constitution tried to leave so much power to the individual states. The federal government really should be satisfied with fighting wars, minding the borders, and leaving the rest of governance to the local folks. However, they just can\u2019t seem to help themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"766\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-26-at-6.02.49\u202fAM-1024x766.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-199323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-26-at-6.02.49\u202fAM-1024x766.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-26-at-6.02.49\u202fAM-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-26-at-6.02.49\u202fAM-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-26-at-6.02.49\u202fAM-768x574.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-26-at-6.02.49\u202fAM-1536x1149.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-26-at-6.02.49\u202fAM.jpg 1682w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">This is Dianne Feinstein before she got really old. Mind that trigger finger there, Madame Senator. You seem to be making the people around you nervous&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Nancy Pelosi was raised in Baltimore. Dianne Feinstein came up in San Francisco. They don&#8217;t look at life the same way I do. Folks like Nancy and Dianne really cannot fathom why anyone might want to own an AR-15 rifle. They&#8217;ve said as much. The fact that so many of their sort legitimately hate people like us all while claiming to be the champions of tolerance is honestly pretty ironic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-a-tale-of-two-home-invasions-oklahoma\">A Tale of Two Home Invasions &#8211; Oklahoma<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-26-at-6.04.04\u202fAM-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-199324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-26-at-6.04.04\u202fAM-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-26-at-6.04.04\u202fAM-400x266.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-26-at-6.04.04\u202fAM-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-26-at-6.04.04\u202fAM-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-26-at-6.04.04\u202fAM-1536x1021.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-26-at-6.04.04\u202fAM.jpg 1598w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Broken Arrow, OK, is purported to be a pretty safe, pleasant town. Wikipedia photo by Jordanmac.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, is a delightful city of roughly 113,000 people just outside of Tulsa. I spent three years in Oklahoma when I was a soldier and very much enjoyed my time there. Broken Arrow rests in Wagoner County and has a reputation for being both peaceful and productive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One Spring day in 2017, 23-year-old Zach Peters was at his father\u2019s home in Broken Arrow taking a nap. Just after noon, his repose was interrupted by the sounds of someone kicking in the back door. Zach went to investigate and found three young men all dressed in black forcing their way inside.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"574\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-26-at-6.05.36\u202fAM-1024x574.jpg\" alt=\"AR-15 leaning against tree stump\" class=\"wp-image-199325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-26-at-6.05.36\u202fAM-1024x574.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-26-at-6.05.36\u202fAM-400x224.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-26-at-6.05.36\u202fAM-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-26-at-6.05.36\u202fAM-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-26-at-6.05.36\u202fAM-1536x861.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-26-at-6.05.36\u202fAM-2048x1149.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">AR rifles come in all shapes and sizes. It is this versatility that has made Gene Stoner&#8217;s inspired contrivance the most popular long gun in America.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>At this point, these three guys had a decision to make. They could reverse course and ply their nefarious trade elsewhere, or they could push the issue. They chose the latter option. Zach reached for his dad\u2019s AR-15 rifle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-quite-the-scene\">Quite The Scene<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There unfolded a fairly epic firefight right there in the kitchen. Zach engaged all three homebreakers, two of whom tragically died on the kitchen floor. The third made it to the driveway before bleeding out. It was a horrible experience all the way around, but Zach lived to see another sunrise.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zach cooperated fully with the authorities, and the shooting was ruled self-defense. Oklahoma has a stand-your-ground law, so the legal stuff turned out OK. The unfortunate miscreants were Maxwell Cook, Jaykob Woodruff, and Jacob Redfearn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"607\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-25-at-6.47.28\u202fPM-1024x607.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-199317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-25-at-6.47.28\u202fPM-1024x607.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-25-at-6.47.28\u202fPM-400x237.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-25-at-6.47.28\u202fPM-150x89.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-25-at-6.47.28\u202fPM-768x455.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-25-at-6.47.28\u202fPM.jpg 1120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">This is Elizabeth Rodriguez, the getaway driver for the three thugs who got ballistically retired while trying to break into the Peters home. She&#8217;s pretty much done.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Two of the dead thugs were 18. The third was 15. One man had been packing a knife, while another carried brass knuckles. The three criminals were returning to the home for a second time after having already stolen stuff from the garage earlier in the day. Their 21-year-old getaway driver turned herself in soon thereafter and got slammed with three counts of first-degree murder.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-californicating\">Californicating<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"760\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-26-at-6.06.42\u202fAM-760x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-199326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-26-at-6.06.42\u202fAM-760x1024.jpg 760w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-26-at-6.06.42\u202fAM-223x300.jpg 223w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-26-at-6.06.42\u202fAM-111x150.jpg 111w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-26-at-6.06.42\u202fAM-768x1034.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-26-at-6.06.42\u202fAM.jpg 784w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">This is David DePape. He doesn&#8217;t need to be wandering about among the rest of us unsupervised.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In November of 2023, a flaming lunatic Canadian named David DePape smashed in the glass back door to Nancy Pelosi\u2019s Pacific Heights mansion with his shoulder. Standing over the Pelosis\u2019 bed at 2 AM holding a hammer and zip ties, this unhinged guy began grilling Nancy\u2019s husband Paul regarding the whereabouts of his wife. The esteemed congresswoman was in DC at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"922\" height=\"814\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-26-at-6.36.40\u202fAM.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-199333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-26-at-6.36.40\u202fAM.jpg 922w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-26-at-6.36.40\u202fAM-340x300.jpg 340w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-26-at-6.36.40\u202fAM-150x132.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-26-at-6.36.40\u202fAM-768x678.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 922px) 100vw, 922px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">This is David DePape&#8217;s erstwhile Russian girlfriend Gypsy Taub. She takes her clothes off a lot to protest stuff. The lady on the right adjusting the video camera is certainly getting her money&#8217;s worth.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>David DePape was one serious piece of work. Two decades prior he had moved to the US and eventually shacked up with one Gypsy Taub, a Russian pro-nudity activist well-known in the Bay Area (Just what exactly is a pro-nudity activist?) They sort of shared two children. Somewhere along the line, David DePape completely lost his mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-a-real-creep\">A Real Creep<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Homeless and addicted to drugs, DePape immersed himself in Internet conspiracy theories. Now juiced up on both mind-altering substances and digital lunacy, this disturbed man planned to kidnap Nancy Pelosi for Lord-only-knows what purpose. Thinking quickly, Paul Pelosi did what gun-averse Leftists do when confronted by a homicidal maniac at close quarters. He phoned the police.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Inexplicably, the 43-year-old deranged crazy man did not attack Pelosi physically before the cops\u2019 arrival. Once the cavalry showed up, however, DePape produced his hammer and proceeded to beat Paul Pelosi to a bloody pulp. Pelosi survived but only just. He underwent emergency surgery for a ghastly skull fracture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The cops later discovered a sleeping bag and two rucksacks DePape had left on the back porch. According to a San Francisco Police spokesperson, they contained, \u201cA sledgehammer, zip ties, gloves, duct tape, cash, a Canadian passport, a Canadian birth certificate, men\u2019s clothes, a video game console, and two inflatable, multicolor unicorn costumes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-ar-15-ruminations\">AR-15 Ruminations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"980\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-26-at-6.07.59\u202fAM.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-199327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-26-at-6.07.59\u202fAM.jpg 780w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-26-at-6.07.59\u202fAM-239x300.jpg 239w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-26-at-6.07.59\u202fAM-119x150.jpg 119w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-26-at-6.07.59\u202fAM-768x965.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Nancy Pelosi is likely a very nice person up close. However, I sure wish she would just stop trying to tell me what to do.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I don\u2019t care much for Nancy Pelosi as a lawmaker. I honestly just wish she would leave me alone. However, I truly do not wish her ill. I certainly don\u2019t want her husband to get beaten to within an inch of his life by some nutjob with a hammer and two inflatable unicorn costumes. But how might things have turned out if perhaps the Pelosis had spent a little less time screaming at me and mine about our AR-15s and logged a little more time on the range themselves?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Pelosi case was admittedly not an AR-15 situation. Paul needed a Springfield Armory Echelon or Glock 17 within easy reach. Securing a handgun such that it is only accessible to those who might responsibly need it is no great chore these days. Doing so might have allowed Paul to avoid having his skull bashed in. It also might have saved the great state of California from having to feed and house David DePape for the rest of his natural life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-so-does-the-ar-15-have-a-place\">So Does The AR-15 Have A Place?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"594\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-26-at-6.11.13\u202fAM-1024x594.jpg\" alt=\"AR-15 with ammo box\" class=\"wp-image-199329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-26-at-6.11.13\u202fAM-1024x594.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-26-at-6.11.13\u202fAM-400x232.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-26-at-6.11.13\u202fAM-150x87.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-26-at-6.11.13\u202fAM-768x445.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-26-at-6.11.13\u202fAM-1536x891.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-26-at-6.11.13\u202fAM.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Tens of millions of Americans own AR-15s. Some of us have several. Properly accessorized it is arguably the finest home defense tool ever devised.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>So, why do we need AR-15 rifles? Because we share the world with David DePape and folks like those three teenage idiots who kicked Zach Peters\u2019 back door in at noon on a Monday. The argument can be made that the AR-15 is the ideal tool for such stuff as that. And, of course, the US Constitution specifically says we have a right to own weapons for personal defense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If anyone out there still believes gun control might ever make a difference, I have some bad news for you. That ship sailed 350 million guns ago. No amount of frenetic legislation will ever prevent the bad guys from accessing firearms in America. That market is already most thoroughly saturated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-ar-15-conclusion\">AR-15 Conclusion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>David DePape didn\u2019t even use a gun to crack Paul Pelosi\u2019s skull. I hate to seem all preachy, but when an 82-year-old man is startled awake by a 43-year-old mentally ill maniac with a hammer, that\u2019s kind of the reason John Moses Browning invented the combat handgun in the first place. I\u2019d love to think the Pelosis learned their lesson and perhaps bought themselves a decent pistol. However, I\u2019m not holding my breath.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"513\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-26-at-6.10.05\u202fAM-1024x513.jpg\" alt=\"Man in camo shooting an AR-15\" class=\"wp-image-199328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-26-at-6.10.05\u202fAM-1024x513.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-26-at-6.10.05\u202fAM-400x200.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-26-at-6.10.05\u202fAM-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-26-at-6.10.05\u202fAM-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-26-at-6.10.05\u202fAM-1536x769.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-26-at-6.10.05\u202fAM.jpg 1590w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">I keep a black rifle handy at the house because a cop would eat up all my food.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The getaway driver in the Oklahoma incident, Elizabeth Rodriguez, pled down to three concurrent 45-year prison sentences for her role in the Broken Arrow burglary. 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