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NY Daily News reporter on shooting a terrible, terrible, AR-15
Story, and I suppose fiction is a story, here. The reason I suggest fiction is, here is his description of shooting an AR-15:
"I've shot pistols before, but never something like an AR-15. Squeeze lightly on the trigger and the resulting explosion of firepower is humbling and deafening (even with ear protection).
The recoil bruised my shoulder. The brass shell casings disoriented me as they flew past my face. The smell of sulfur and destruction made me sick. The explosions -- loud like a bomb -- gave me a temporary case of PTSD. For at least an hour after firing the gun just a few times, I was anxious and irritable.
Even in semi-automatic mode, it is very simple to squeeze off two dozen rounds before you even know what has happened. In fully automatic mode, it doesn't take any imagination to see dozens of bodies falling in front of your barrel."
The recoil bruised his shoulder, the shell casings flew past his face, the powder smelled of sulfur, and it fired at full automatic.... He really ought to do a better job at consistency, though. Despite the shots bruising the shooter's shoulder, deafening him despite hearing protection, and giving him PTSD, a person can "squeeze off two dozen rounds before you even know what has happened."
UPDATE: the author of the piece is named Gersh Kuntzman, and so Monster Hunter Nation has started an advice column, "Ask Kuntzman". It gives advice on dealing with vicious, bloodthirsty kittens, threatening automobiles, and other menaces.
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...A charlatan.
Remove 'man' from this POS' name......
Americans need to wake up and realize that the press is intentionally writing articles that are false to brain wash American and create an anti-gun climate.
I have now seen a White House petition to ban AR15s with over 75,000 signatures. The AR15 wasn't even used in the shooting. But they keep saying its AR15 LIKE because this is part of their agenda. To whittle away little by little.
Clearly this reporter is an idiot. A shotgun has far worse recoil than an AR15.
really? his name is GERSH KUNTSMAN.. you can't make this shit up..
I have seen 8 and 9 YO girls shoot an AR15 in .223 and they did not complain about a bruised shoulder they just grinned and said Can I do it again?
The reason he gets away with it is that it is the NY Times and most of its readers have absolutely no clue and no experience with guns.
One of the instructors demoed how little recoil there is with an AR in .223 by holding the butt to his nose and fired it.
the article is complete bs- if this clown thinks a .223 cartridge (as in an AR 15) would bruise his shoulder he is full of crap!!! I have seen US Army instructors hold a M-16 rifle against their chin and fire off rounds with no effect. This fool has never fired an AR 15 or he is just a plain fraud.
Recoil from an AR-15? Are you kidding? If recoil from an AR-15 can bruise a shoulder then the guys firing AK-47s must be from another planet.
AR-15 is an excellent weapon which has raised the bar in terms of accuracy and agility for its competitors. In terms of capability and reliability it is at par with any modern military grade firearm.
The debate instead should be, whether we should allow such potent weapons in the hands of untrained civilians or not?
Maybe someone should let him try an FAL. He'll collapse into a thumb-sucking bundle of angst. Heck, he may never come out of it.
Since the weapon is so LOUD, maybe all ARs should be required to come with a free suppressor to protect our sensitive hearing. Maybe Gresh would be willing to go to Congress in support of removing suppressors from the restricted list so no one else has to experience the loud sound of an AR.
....and this is what passes for journalism today, and why "reporters" rate somewhere between drug dealers and used car salesmen for most of us.....