Democrats And The Media Talk About Banning AR-15s. Here’s Why That Won’t Happen.

Democrats and the media now believe they have the solution to mass shootings: banning the AR-15. The AR-15 (no, it’s not an AR because it’s an “assault rifle,” but because it’s based on the Armalite design) was used in the Parkland, Florida school massacre; it was also used in the Sutherland Springs, Texas mass church shooting, the Las Vegas mass shooting, the San Bernardino mass shooting, and the Sandy Hook school massacre. The media have labeled other rifles “AR-style”; those shootings would include the Aurora, Colorado theater massacre (.223 Bushmaster) and the Orlando nightclub massacre (Sig Sauer MCX).

Now, it’s utterly unrealistic to ban AR-15s. There are several reasons for this. First off, Americans own more than 8 million AR-15s. Second, the AR-15 is a quality semi-automatic rifle, but it’s not the only semi-automatic rifle — there are another seven million in circulation. Virtually all manufactured rifles carry the same key features as the AR-15, so long as they don’t involve a manual reloading mechanism (bolt action, lever action, pump action, e.g.).