Do I need an AR15?

BigBill · Mar 24, 2021

I never had an interest in an AR-15 but given the present situation in this country with a gun ban for semi auto assault rifles looming sooner or later do I need one? Should I buy an at-15 just to have one? It’s a AR-15 vs another handgun?
What would you do?

Sistema1927 · Mar 24, 2021

Only you can make that decision. Doesn't sound like you have needed one to date.

sipowicz · Mar 24, 2021

It sounds like you really aren’t interested in one. I wasn’t either but bought one because Diane Feinstein said I shouldn’t have one. Split the difference and get a nice 38/357 lever action. I kind of wish I had.

S-W4EVER · Mar 24, 2021

I didn’t buy any of my AR’s because I needed them, I bought them because I wanted them.

Mule Packer · Mar 24, 2021

As Sistema1927 said, only you can make that decision. That being said, however, I'll tell you what one of my sons told me when he decided to get one a little over five years ago.

It was shortly before the 2016 presidential election. As he said, "I'm just afraid if this election happens to go a certain way, they're going to tell me I can't have one...and when someone tells me I can't have something, I want it all the more."

Baltimoreed11754 · Mar 24, 2021

Split the difference and get a pcc. Get one that is the same caliber and magazine compatible to a pistol you already have. Of course there isn’t much available in today’s gun market that isn’t so overpriced as to be ridiculous. I’ve had a CMMG .45 rotary bolt bcg and rifle bbl ordered through Optics Planet for 6 months and the ship date keeps getting moved. I have the rest of the upper ready to go.

Rob613 · Mar 24, 2021

Are you willing to use it if needed?

Otherwise you are probably just buying it to give to the government at a later date, for $200.

biku324 · Mar 24, 2021

Blue and walnut only for me in long guns. A black gun in AR-15 or M4 was part of my life in two centuries on 3 continents; no more.

Now a Ruger #1....

biku324 · Mar 24, 2021

Double post.

ladder13 · Mar 24, 2021

Yes.............

reccpd101 · Mar 24, 2021

Split the difference and get a pcc. Get one that is the same caliber and magazine compatible to a pistol you already have.

I agree but would buy it in an AR pistol with a 10 barrel. Palmetto State Armory has them from time to time reasonable. Any pistol round is greatly improved by a 10 inch barrel.

RCL-09 · Mar 24, 2021

IMO need has nothing todo with it.

Do you want one? That is all that matters.

Old_Cop · Mar 24, 2021

I'd rather have one and not need it than need one and not be allowed to have it.

tops · Mar 24, 2021

Rob613;141105597 Otherwise you are probably just buying it to give to the government at a later date said:
May not get $200. Larry

krsmith58 · Mar 24, 2021

i have bought a few over the years. when the anti gunners start with, ban this ban that, prices skyrocket and someone always wanted them much more $$$$$ than me. happy to sell to help them out. krs/kenny

CB3 · Mar 24, 2021

I don't like AR's or Glocks. I own both for two reasons:

1. They are so ubiquitous there are always parts available.
2. There are always buyers available.

If you can afford it and have room in the safe, get it. Your choice as to configuration and caliber, but it would be helpful if you have some ammo tucked away already that would work in it.

smoothshooter · Mar 24, 2021

Get a good lever action, like a Marlin or Rossi in .30-30, .357, or .44 Magnum.
Low-profile is the way to go.
A lot can be done with a bolt-action rifle with peep sights in the hands of a skilled rifleman.

smoothshooter · Mar 24, 2021

reccpd101 said:
Split the difference and get a pcc. Get one that is the same caliber and magazine compatible to a pistol you already have.

I agree but would buy it in an AR pistol with a 10 barrel. Palmetto State Armory has them from time to time reasonable. Any pistol round is greatly improved by a 10 inch barrel.

One might say that any rifle round is greatly diminished by a 10 inch barrel.

Not to mention the horrendous increase in muzzle blast.

BSA1 · Mar 24, 2021

IMHO every responsible head of a household should own a firearm for not only protection of their family and themselves but also of our way of life. This means to me that AR actually stands for AMERICAS RIFLE not the evil Assault Rifle name hanged onto it.

Until 2016 I also never saw any need for one. I brought some stripped lowers in 2016 with the intention of flipping them for a obscene profit if HRH won the election. Well we know how that worked out and at the urging of a co-worker built a complete rifle. Since that time I have gone onto to become a AR fan and have built several more. The fact that the Liberals want to ban them so badly shows how important it is in protecting our 2a rights.

Mister X · Mar 24, 2021

I let myself get talked into getting one under similar circumstances. After a few years of it primarily sitting in a safe and coming to the realization I had no actual practical reason to keep it, I decided to sell it and haven’t missed it in the least.

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