Posted August 8, 2019 1:00 pm by Comments

By Tom Knighton

A while back, I wrote about some reasons why the AR-15 is an ideal home defense firearm. Of course, that wasn’t a comprehensive list by any stretch. I doubt there could be such a thing. After all, there are as many reasons as there are people who have AR-15s.

That’s a lot.

However, the National Review‘s David French offered up his reasons for trusting an AR-15 for his home defense needs.

Few things are more frustrating than watching members of the media, politicians, and activists who often know very little about guns, have the resources to hire security when they face threats, and don’t understand the weapons criminals use telling me what I “need” to protect my family. And what they invariably tell me I “need” is a weapon less powerful than the foreseeable criminal threat.

Or, let me put it another way. My family has been threatened by white nationalists. Why should they outgun me?

Few things concentrate the mind more than the terrifying knowledge that a person might want to harm or kill someone you love. It transforms the way you interact with the world. It makes you aware of your acute vulnerability and …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms

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