From a rational perspective it defies logic that individuals are permitted to possess an AR15 or similar type weapon - if someone tries to break into my house and i fire a 9 mm at them they are running - 8 days a week - this is not a 5 hour fire fight in Kabul where the bigger fire power will win out
We've also never had fascist or communist overthrows.
Again, AR-15s are the best for home defense. They have magazines you can load very quickly and have very little recoil compared to a shotgun, so they're ideal for smaller people. Last night I timed myself trying to load an empty shotgun and an empty AR with a preloaded magazine. It took :48 seconds to load my shotgun with 6 shells, :12 seconds to load my AR with a 30 round preloaded mag.
I could probably get :03 seconds if I didn't time myself starting from lying in bed. Criminals tend to travel in packs, and you're realistically going to need 2-3 well placed shots per attacker, so 8-12 bullets if you're dealing with 4 bad guys. The problem is those bullets need to be well placed, and it's entirely possible you miss altogether. I've been at the gun range and seen people accidentally fire while into the ground while getting their gun out of the holster, stand 10-15 feet from the paper target and miss the paper entirely, stand 10-15 feet away and miss the human shaped silhouette entirely, and this is where there's no threat. If you're mentally and physically tired and your adrenaline is pumping, you won't be the best shot, especially dealing with multiple moving targets.
