{"id":7783,"date":"2023-04-30T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-30T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/?p=7783"},"modified":"2023-04-26T12:52:12","modified_gmt":"2023-04-26T16:52:12","slug":"defending-the-ar15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/defending-the-ar15\/","title":{"rendered":"DEFENDING THE AR15"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The AR15 rifle \u2013 and those of us who own them \u2013 are constantly being attacked by the Prohibitionists.&nbsp; We are told that these semi-automatic rifles are \u201cweapons of war,\u201d even though there is no nation on the face of the Earth which issues semi-auto ARs as primary infantry weapons. We are told that they are useful only for committing mass murder. I call BS on that, and so does Attorney Mark Smith, at his excellent blog The Four Boxes Diner. Please take the time to listen to his argument, here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"BIG MISTAKE! Anti-Gunners ACCIDENTALLY Prove THEY CAN&#039;T BAN AR-15s...\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Uhf67bXGlIs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>or watch <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Uhf67bXGlIs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">video here<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have another thirteen minutes, here\u2019s a discussion on justifying the AR15 with Ken Hackathorn and me from the Wilson Combat YouTube channel. It\u2019s had a million views so far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Why you DO need an AR-15 under the Second Amendment: Gun Guys Special Guest Massad Ayoob\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/F-qzCfmLjqs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>or watch <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/F-qzCfmLjqs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">video here<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Hopefully, each will give you \u201cammunition\u201d with which to shoot down the specious arguments of the Prohibitionists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The AR15 rifle \u2013 and those of us who own them \u2013 are constantly being attacked by the Prohibitionists.&nbsp; We are told that these semi-automatic rifles are \u201cweapons of war,\u201d even though there is no nation on the face of the Earth which issues semi-auto ARs as primary infantry weapons. We are told that they [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":7786,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-7783","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uncategorized"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7783"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7783\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7789,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7783\/revisions\/7789"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}