02-24-2017, 01:49 PM
(02-24-2017, 01:32 PM)Nebuchadnezzar Wrote: Assault Weapons have always been illegal and this ruling does nothing to change that.
Rifles, such as the AR15 will still be legal for the average US Citizen to own, It's the M16 that is illegal and always has been illegal to own since its an automatic.
Once the SCOTUS rules that AR15 style to be illegal is when we should start to worry.
Or am I reading the ruling wrong?
The Vietnam era M16s could fire on automatic, but have been changed to semiauto and 3 round burst for decades. There is very little difference between an M16/M4 and a civilian AR variant. There is a small chance firing a 5.56mm round in an AR variant designed for .223 might result in chamber over pressure and it could explode in your face. But, from what I've read it may be a million rounds or so before that happens.
