Sanders: Gun control no "magic formula" for terrorism

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79. The ar-15 regardless of magazine is no military weapon.

The fact that the national assault weapons ban expired in 2004 and these abominations have been sold to civilians does not make them any less military weapons.

They've been sold to civilians for over 50 years. Once again you don't seem to have much of a grasp on history.

They were originally designed FOR THE MILITARY and made to inflict maximum damage on large numbers of enemy soldiers at close range. But you knew that.

Another misleading screed by you.

Reality says:

The AR-15 was first built in 1959 by ArmaLite as a small arms rifle for the United States armed forces. Because of financial problems, ArmaLite sold the design to Colt. After some modifications, the redesigned rifle was adopted as the M16 rifle. In 1963, Colt started selling the semi-automatic version of the rifle for civilians as the Colt AR-15. Although the name "AR-15" remains a Colt registered trademark, variants of the firearm are made, modified, and sold under various names by multiple manufacturers

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AR-15

No military in the world issues its troops an ar-15. Not a single one. Its a semi-automatic version of a military weapon, not a military weapon in itself. Argue all you like but that's a fact and no amount of spin doctoring or bluster is going to make it go away.

They were designed for mass killing and have no business in civilian hands.

That's your less than unbiased opinion.

ALL Democratic presidential candidates agree with this position. You are out of step with your party.

I have a greater loyalty and duty to truth, fact, and reality, than I have to any political party.

The fact that you insist these are not military weapons shows that pro-gun folks are not to be trusted.

No. The fact that you insist that they're military weapons is refuted by the fact that no military in the history of the world has or ever will issue its troops at large ar-15s.