Dubbletrubble,
I have a "Black Rifle". In fact I'm getting rid of one and building a new one for coyote hunting. I carried one for 14 years in the service and I'm more comfortable with it than with any other gun. And I can shoot it pretty well. Yeah, there are the Rambo wannabe types out there, but as with any firearm the vast majority are owned and used by regular people who use them in a responsible manner. AR's aren't pretty in the same way that a double is, but if you have an appreciation for a finely machined piece of iron (and aluminum) that will put holes in things at 500 meters with no recoil then you understand what AR owners see in their guns. I think the collectors of German guns understand the AR better than the collectors of Brit guns. Form follows function
The new 6.8mm SOCOM round is pretty interesting. It's like one of the new short magnums in .270 only it's not really a magnum. Probably a decent hunting round though.
Interestingly the past firearms bans have been largely based on appearance. No banana clips. No thumbhole stocks, That sort of thing. Nothing to do with actual functionality. The sad thing is that if the antis do get new laws passed they will have very little to do with reality, and would have done nothing to stop the Va Tech lunatic. Crazy bad people do crazy bad things.
Oh and by the way.......you shouldn't make jokes. Armageddon really is just around the corner.......................
Best
Nick
