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Doesn't seem to be. Eugene Stoner lived in Florida and California. Armalite--and later Colt--aren't based in Michigan.

...Are you saying that there are certain people that you don't believe should be allowed to have a vote?

That seems like a... Dangerous path to head down.

A .223 with something like a 75 grain ELD-M bullet would be perfectly adequate for hunting deer. A number of states allow hunting deer with .223; I don't believe that Michigan does though, and certainly not south of Lansing. (I think that's the cut-off for rifle? That might have changed since I lived there.)

There's no reason that you can't hunt deer with .300AAC, or even 7.62x39, both of which an AR-15 can be adapted for.

But I’ve been shooting my whole life and I fucking hate everything related to that platform.

That's an incredibly fudd-y attitude. I'm guess that when you say "deer rifle", you probably mean something with a wooden stock, probably bolt action but maybe lever action, and probably chambered in .30-06, or (gag) .30-30. Or god forbid, .45-70 (because yeah, I want to use a slug with the ballistics of a mortar for hunting). The AR-15 has become popular because it's highly modular, and can get better accuracy cheaper than you can on a more traditional rifle.

Who carries a pistol with a manual safety?

Pretty much everyone that carries a 1911 derivative, or a Beretta 92. There are a bunch of others, but most people that do defensive carry, as you imply, are using striker-fired pistols, and are carrying in condition 0.

To add to this - for people that practice, .8 seconds is considered a competitive time (e.g., a good, fast time) to draw from concealment and get a single shot in the A-zone--center mass--at 7 yards. A competitive time for draw and 6 shots in the A zone at 6 yards (AKA "Bill drill") is about 3 seconds. Anyone that's no longer in the novice class in IDPA should be getting draw-to-shot times of 1 second or less.

I have an AR-15. It's a perfectly fine rifle for hunting medium sized game at ranges of up to about 300y (which is a longer shot than you'll ever get in the woods). It's the preferred rifle for people that are trying to thin out coyote packs or sounders of feral pigs.

Fun fact, did you know that having a sink in your home increases the odds that someone in your home will die of drowning? Probably outta get rid of those.

Armalite may still make them, but it's a bit player in the market now. Since the AR-15 has a gov't spec attached to it, pretty much every company that makes firearms makes an AR-15, and they're all substantially identical.

Why the AR-15? Why not the FN-FAL, the AR-10, FN F-2000, the L85A2, Steyr AUG, HK G36 or, shit, even the Keltec RBD?

Yeah, the AR-15 is a great carbine and all, but why elevate that particular rifle as a state rifle?

I dunno, when you're talking about really specialized niches, there are still plenty of forums. Like, 600rr.net; it's dedicated to nothing but Honda CBR600RR motorcycles. If you have a problem with a 600RR, the answer is probably there, and the forum is still ticking along because it's just too hard to find those super-niche answers on Reddit. Want gun content with a healthy dose of homo/transphobia and christian nationalism? AR15.com has you covered. Want to talk about the minutiae of reloading and be autistically-focused on long-range accuracy? SnipersHide.com is your place. (They're a bit fuddy though.)

Sure. If you've abused it in some way so that it doesn't take or hold charge, then you might have to pay for a replacement battery. But I think there would be an implied warranty when you're given a replacement, that the replacement was fit for service. And the company might just have to roll the cost or replacing batteries every so often into their electricity pricing models.

That's like asking who owns a propane tanks for your grill. You own it while you have it.

When you get a new batter, you own the new one, and relinquish ownership of the previous one, paying for the electricity that's on the new battery. AS LONG AS the battery that you're relinquishing is substantially identical to the new battery.

Huh. Karlach was easily my favorite.

I always liked hanging out with the punks and metalheads though.

I've known entirely too many people that had the real life personality of Shadowheart and Astarion to really like them though. Gael and Wyll just seemed like entitled shits; not the worst, but not great people.

Create a multi-part archive (...probably about 250 parts...) with a strong password, upload each part to whatever the current equivalent to Megaupload is, and let them download it at their leisure.

With no accounts on either end, should only take about three months for each to be complete.

Alternatively, you could put it on a thumb drive and drive it over if they live fairly close.