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[–] SupraMario 4 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (6 children)

It's why they're in common use and one of the best things for home defense. Basically anyone can handle one

Edit: ITT... people who think a shotgun with birdshot isn't going through walls and is easier to use than a AR. In close distances, birdshot is a slug and will %100 go through walls.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 hours ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Now wondering if there are six-year-olds in Africa using M16/AR-15 style rifles as part of some warlord's army. I guess they don't get to go to kindergarten, though.

[–] SupraMario 1 points 7 hours ago

AK47, no US arms are there being used, it's a popular rifle here, but anywhere else in the world its AKs and SKSs and Mosins. The amount of those variants built in the world is probably 5Xs the AR variants out there. The mosins alone are like 100+ million built.

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