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  1. Lordy, can we get threads off track any worse than this?

    No one, and I mean NO ONE, not one of our MODs will be wasting time cleaning this thread up.

    For the purposes of sanity. Locked 

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  2. Assault Rifles -> Made up term WRT to the commercially available AR15, now if it was a select fire(full auto/burst like an M4), then we "might" have something to discuss. Seems the ignorance of latching onto "AR" as an acronym for assault rifle, just won't go away.

    Battle Rifle -> Where does one even start, see above.

    The devastating 5.56 round designed and "created with the intent to injure"-> While certainly true, to an extent, when Eugene Stoner developed the original Armalite rifle it was NOT a 5.56 NATO weapon, that came later, it was originally chambered in .223 Remington. Let's not kid ourselves, this is essentially a 22 caliber bullet that travels twice as fast. Most of the concept for the rifles development was centered around a smaller round, lighter ammo load out, and thus more rounds could be brought onto the battlefield with less fatigue to the soldier.

    It should be noted that the round the .223/5.56(~1300 ft. lbs) replaced, the 30-06(M1 rifle~3000 ft. lbs) and to some extent the 308/7.62x51(M14~2600 ft. lbs), have DOUBLE the muzzle energy.

    I'm sorry, the premise of the originally linked article, is to me, laughable. There are around 22 states that either don't allow, or only allow with restrictions, the .223/5.56 round to be used for hunting. It is in fact that generally inefficient, for hunting purposes.

    Generally, LEO's do what they're trained to do/not do. Whether the officers in this case screwed the pooch by not immediately engaging the shooter, supposedly the standard rules of engagement since Columbine, well...

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  3. Mkay.

    I'm not even going to say if it was me or another mod/admin that locked this thread.

    But, what I want everyone to know, and I do mean everyone, is that the moderators on this site are an all voluntary group, WE ARE A TEAM. If you feel somehow wronged here, take it to PM. No passive aggressive posting alluding to any damn thing, and no individual attacks should ever be necessary or tolerated, please be civil. We're all AU fans here so believe it or not it's OUR teams(pick a sport), if you need a refresher course, read the board rules and for Gods sake take them to heart.

     

    Thank you, and carry on. THE END.  :au:

     

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