2182 mph. 3299 feet per second. Speed of the AR 15 shooting bullets. 90-100 bullets per minute. Impressive izn't it?

Hunters do use them. For varment hunting. They are not legal for hunting large game in most states such as deer because of there small size, because unless you are a sharpshooter it will not be a clean kill and the animal with suffer. This post was edited by my2cents at February 25, 2018 12:17 PM MST

Well I am certainly relieved that high school students tend to to be larger than a deer---wouldn't want those students to be suffering before dying.

Great insight about how using a gun like the AR-15 isn't the worst thing that could have happened to those students.---if they had only been wounded---oh the suffering would have been unbearable.

Now if we could just regular school shooters as easily as we do hunters.... This post was edited by tom jackson at February 25, 2018 12:18 PM MST

I was not talking about students. I was correcting an false talking point that I have heard more than once recently on the news. 

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I heard that yesterday PeaPod. Only CRAZY people would choose to use an AR15. Nutjobs, Wackos. Nimnuts. Insane. A normal person would never choose such a weapon. Only a monster. Thank you for your reply! :)

But thank goodness they have them to "hunt varmint". 

Oh brother!

IKR!

LOL

Hahahahahahahahaha! Yeah. My thoughts exactly! Different strokes PeaPod! Thank you for your reply. Ever eat road kill? I remember in "The Beverly Hillbillies" the grammy cooked it regular like! Yikes! :)

Hahahahaha...oh my.  This post is hilarious and it was never meant to be.  No Rosie.  I shall pass on the varmint.  

It would depend on how hungry I was PeaPod. I carry energy bars in my purse. I really can't stand that gnawing feeling of hunger pangs. Of course if you go hungry long enough I think you stop being hungry. Thank you for your reply!  :)

Ayup, you need a really big gun to take out squirrels.  Everyone knows that!

I think I hear banjo music.

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I didn't know that Spunky! Now I do thanks to you! Never tasted quirrel but I expect it tastes jes like chikken! Happy Monday! :)

LOL ... everything tastes like chicken - except fish.

My brothers and other relatives were hunters when they were still alive. One of my brothers had a case he locked his hunting rifles up in. None of my brothers used these weapons when hunting. NONE! This post was edited by SA (SuperA) at February 25, 2018 12:15 PM MST

Exactly!  I think some gun enthusiasts are really grasping for straws if they are finding any reason they can to make it legal to purchase a semi-automatic.  I just shake my head.

Most of us are not looking to take away guns from responsible people. 

My dad always had guns. I was raised around them and learned how to use them.
I was a crack shot until my eyes got bad. He taught me at a young age how to use them and respect them.

And somehow you all survived without the AR15.

Well, heaven knows only being able to kill 45 people a minute is SO much better.

It is a matter of keeping facts correct. Too much misinformation around.
They are not for hunting people. They are for hunting animals.  This post was edited by my2cents at February 25, 2018 12:52 PM MST