Thread: Access to AR s are about to change

Originally Posted by ebf

Happy, range behaviour. Very rarely see other people in the bush, mostly go mid week.

No AR. Had FN FAL and M1 carbine, never really been a fan of 223 (holes are too bloody tiny )

Wangers sounds like a plan (shot the fallow spiker there last year) will talk to you offline.

There's a pretty good chance that I'm one of those at the range who are 'blasting away'. What I'll actually be doing is practicing for my next service rifle comp. I'm not 'blasting away' I'm working on improving my shot to shot recovery and maintaining accuracy so that I'm able to compete safely and competitively. I'm also going to be practicing shooting off-hand, sitting and kneeling, all of which are useful skills for hunting. I'll be doing this against the clock, which is also good training for making good decisions and good, safe, shots under pressure.

Personally, I feel a damn sight safer next to someone with a semi 'blasting away' who demonstrates good handling and safety skills, than I do in the weeks leading up to the roar when I see more dangerous behaviour with firearms than at any other time of the year.

The reality is that semi's have always been with us. They have been, and will always be, A cat. Anyone who tries to argue that an AR is somehow more dangerous than an sks, m305, rem woodmaster, camp carbine, or BAR seems to me to have an axe to grind which centres a lot more on looks than function.