Brownells Donates AR-15s To School Cops

By Tom Knighton

One of the arguments I’ve seen stated repeatedly is that so-called assault weapons need to be banned in part because school shooters like the putz in Parkland will have greater firepower than police. “How can you expect police officers to use a handgun against a man with a fully-semi-automatic rifle?” they might ask.

(No, seriously. They might. Just like that.)

Now, I could go on about how it’s not as unbalanced a fight as some might think, but we all know that your average anti-gunner won’t listen to any of that.

The good folks at Brownells, however, decided to make a donation that should eliminate that argument. At least for one place.

An Iowa weapons company has donated assault weapons for local schools.

KXMB-TV News reported last week that the Brownells Company donated nine AR-15 assault rifles (the civilian/police version of the M-16) to Bismarck Police for school resource officers.

The donation grew out of concerns expressed by authorities in the wake of school shootings around the country in recent years.

The department had already been approved for $25,000 to purchase the rifles, but Brownells hooked these guys up. There’s no mention on what the money will be spent on, but …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms