From military weapon to cultural symbol: how the AR-15 has defined the US gun debate
From military weapon to cultural symbol: how the AR-15 has defined the US gun debate
Authors of the book American Gun talk about the long history of the country’s most popular firearm and the role it plays in politics
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An AR-15 is only a cultural symbol for those who need it as a metal phallus symbol to compensate for certain ... inadequacies.
Funny you should say that. FTA:
Earlier this year, several Republican lawmakers were seen sporting a new accessory: lapel pins shaped like an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle.
Andrew Clyde, a Republican congressman from Georgia who also owns a gun store, later said he had handed out the pins to his congressional colleagues “to remind people of the second amendment of the constitution and how important it is in preserving our liberties”.
Never got why folks liked the ar15 besides maybe being easy to modify and being magazine based. Personally I wish it was a semi auto variant of the B.A.R. that caught on would also make a damned impressive hunting rifle to boot.
Magazine fed 30-06 rifles have been popular hunting riles for a while. Just not with 30 round magazines, due to weight and it being illegal in most places to hunt with that many rounds in a magazine.
Fair enough, im moreso annoyed its not the iconic rifle. I guess it keeps in from being tainted though.