Why you should build America’s rifle: the AR-15

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Ask people what the “AR” stands for in the everyday firearm designation “AR-15,” and it’s almost a verbal Rorschach test that virtually separates patriots of the pro-freedom right with anti-liberty communazis of the left. The freedom community will know that it stands for Armalite, while the control community of the far-left will often say that somehow that means “assault rifle,” intimating criminal violence.

According to one website, “assault rifle” has WWII roots, and was defined as a select-fire military rifle capable of fully automatic fire and chambered for an intermediate cartridge. The key here is select-fire, meaning the weapon can toggle between semi-automatic, burst, and full-automatic modes of operation. That term is vitally important because almost all of the civilian-held AR-15s are semi-automatic weapons—but the gun-grabbing ghouls of the left keep on trying to blur that distinction, or they don’t understand the difference. But as the AR-15 becomes more and more common, the likelihood that they can be banned by sheer numbers alone diminishes. That’s where you come in.

Now with the AR-15 becoming an ever-ubiquitous utilitarian firearm, it’s become the modern-day musket. Its popularity and prevalence dictates that it rightfully be called “America’s Rifle.” And this will likely “trigger” just a few lefties, because we’re going to talk about everyone building one of these beauties, so you might want to stop reading if you tend toward wanting to control people and ruin their lives. Because even the system built on free speech has a problem with people crafting firearms, as they have from colonial times.

Brownells, the parts suppliers to shooters, professional gunsmiths, hobbyists, military/law enforcement armorers, hunters, and gun tinkerers for over 75 years, recently produced a short video entitled: Why You Should Build An AR15.

They listed out a number of very good reasons why you should roll up your sleeves, and get yourself a lower receiver and parts kit, and build what Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor termed as “commonly available” and as Supreme Court Justice Kagan referred to as “the most popular rifle in the country”.

The video had a number of very good reasons you will want to endeavor to build one of these fine instruments of freedom, but we have our own list in no particular order (sure, Dave, whatever you say).

1. America's Rifle: It’s like the proverbial Barbie doll for adults.

The AR-15 is modular in construction, giving you many options for its final configuration. In most cases, if you so choose, you can just build the lower receiver portion, and then opt for retail parts for the upper receiver.

2. There are plenty of resources on how to build an AR.

Certain video sites are retentive of what they will show you, but there are plenty of resources to help you along the way.

3. You get to know the rifle, inside and out.

There is something about selecting all the modular parts for your build and assembling them together that gives you an intimate knowledge of the firearm, far above that of just buying a completed rifle off the shelf.

4. If you want, you can build it from the ground up.

Meaning that it is possible to produce a lower receiver from a blank.

5. Customize to your heart’s content.

One of the best aspects of the AR is that you can pick and choose the components to create a firearm that suits your particular needs. With the option of easily changing them if needed. And the experience of building one will make building a second rifle that much easier.

6. It will trigger the left.

Being able to assemble “the most popular rifle in the country” on your own will just set off the gun-grabbing ghouls to no end because they freak out at anything that hints at less government control of a basic human right.

7. Did we mention it’s fun?

There is nothing quite like being able to put together a vital tool to protect freedom and then take it out to the range to show it off.

8. You can’t build an air-conditioner, but you can build an AR.

Sure, that sounds like it’s from left field, but we’ve seen that overarching governments first start with guns, then they move on to other freedoms.

9. Adding to the common use argument.

When you build an AR, you’re adding to the stock of the most popular rifle in the country, making it that much harder to ban because it’s “dangerous or unusual.”

10. The Second amendment puts the iron in the Bill of Rights.

It’s always important to remember that without the Second Amendment, the Bill of Rights is just a piece of paper they would love to ignore.

Bonus reason: The Communazis are coming.

One last item to keep in mind, while the leftists are in the middle of a civil war, they still pose a threat to those of us on the pro-freedom side. Because if there is one predominant trait of the collectivist side of the political spectrum, it’s that they cannot deal with an armed citizenry. This is why they spend their time obsessing over registration, gun confiscation, and every other little scheme to deprive you of your common-sense civil rights. Building one of the millions of America’s Rifles in common use will be another iron vote against their tyranny. There isn’t a better way to celebrate America 250 and Firearm Freedom Month July.

D Parker is an engineer, inventor, wordsmith, and student of history, former director of communications for a civil rights organization, and a long-time contributor to conservative websites. Find him on Substack.

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