{"id":8000,"date":"2023-09-17T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-17T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/?p=8000"},"modified":"2023-09-04T12:59:01","modified_gmt":"2023-09-04T16:59:01","slug":"self-defense-issues-with-ar15s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/self-defense-issues-with-ar15s\/","title":{"rendered":"SELF-DEFENSE ISSUES WITH AR15s"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>For many years I\u2019ve warned students that because AR15 rifles \u2013 and, by association, those who use them for self-defense \u2013 have been so demonized by the anti-gun press and an anti-gun political party, they could expect to be demonized in court should they have to use one to shoot a criminal.&nbsp;&nbsp; I have often cited the work of my friend and graduate Dr. Glenn Meyer in that regard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>YouTube gun personality James Reeves has picked up on that recently, 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<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"0gUcF5KhtQM\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How an AR-15 Can Send You to Prison\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0gUcF5KhtQM?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>or watch <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0gUcF5KhtQM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">video here<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>James states that he\u2019s not going to give up his AR15 because of this factor. Good for him! Neither am I.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The strategy isn\u2019t to trade in your AR for a Joe Biden Signature Model double barrel shotgun. The strategy is to be able to articulate and authenticate why you chose the AR.&nbsp; My take on that is 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=\"Massad Ayoob: Defending Your Home with the AR-15 Elite Carbine - ar15 - Critical Mas Episode 16\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mgvuW3OpfLk?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\/mgvuW3OpfLk?si=SwrDMPGXPO-esXue\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">video here<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I tell my students that \u201cCYA\u201d shouldn\u2019t stand for \u201ccover your ass,\u201d but instead for \u201ccan you articulate\u201d and \u201ccan you authenticate.\u201d&nbsp; Can we explain to twelve jurors selected by the other side in part for their lack of knowledge of guns and self-defense as to why we chose as we did and did as we did, and demonstrate to them why what we did constitutes best practices for dealing with the crisis in question?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The above is offered in hopes of providing that information. I thank Mr. Reeves for bringing it to his audience\u2019s attention.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For many years I\u2019ve warned students that because AR15 rifles \u2013 and, by association, those who use them for self-defense \u2013 have been so demonized by the anti-gun press and an anti-gun political party, they could expect to be demonized in court should they have to use one to shoot a criminal.&nbsp;&nbsp; I have often [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":8002,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-8000","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\/8000","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=8000"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8000\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8006,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8000\/revisions\/8006"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}