If captain vigilantepants really had the balls to take these 'punks' on, he could have done it when they weren't running away.

Actually, I think he found the cojones you're missing.

I beilve you want to say:

'The AR15 platform is a . . ."

The AR-15 you have pictured there (5.56mm / .223) is a poor choice for hunting, target shooting, and in the long gun configuration you have pictured a poor home defense weapon.

Actually, I think he found the cojones you're missing.

Yessah, it takes a whole lot of balls to shoot someone in the back.

Funny that you say that to a man who's served in the military and been in combat.

Wait a minute, how does your shooting holes in paper targets give you the authority and experience to pass judgement on doc's level of bravery in combat?

Not sure about the AR-15 you have/don't have/plan to have/or won't ever have, but I'm picking off clays set into the berm at 100 yards with iron sights pretty damn consistently. With the right load and optics, it would also do fine in the field on medium to medium large sized game.

I will grant you that I won't use it for the defense of my home, though. But that's only because, living in a condo, I have far more "neighbor friendly" firearms that are unlikely to injure the innocent.

However, if I lived in a rural setting with the accompanying population density, my Colt AR-15 would make a perfectly acceptable home defense firearm.

Because "being in the miitary" has apparently not made him much brighter.

You'd better check your glucose level chaddy, 'cause almost all of your posts in this thread would lead one to believe you need to either drink a glass of orange juice, or give yourself a shot of insulin immediately.

Pffft...you're such a putz who has not the slightest concept of a tactical ploy.

Come back when you can come up with a better taunt pinky. Your trolling skills are slipping.

Actually, I think he found the cojones you're missing.

Insulting the bravery of a combat veteran? You've really jumped the shark now.

STFU, chickenhawk. (I miss DMT)

Quite a thing, the internet.

You know how L.E. agencies send people online to i.d. potential threats? It would be awesome if the both of you were actually cops from different agencies, and you were each portaying a persona trying to get the other to crack.

With the right load and optics, it would also do fine in the field on medium to medium large sized game.

You know, I'm just not seeing this one. I was raised with the ethic of single-shot hunting: if I couldn't place my shot effectively enough to kill with a single bullet, I shouldn't take the shot. I just cannot imagine a hot enough load for a .223 to bring down a deer or small elk that doesn't require you to stalk as effectively as if you had a black powder rifle or a bow. The smallest anyone in my family hunted with was a .270, and my dad abandoned that since he needed a scope for good enough shot placement, and the timber was too thick to make that practical.

I've never understood the popularity of the AR-15 platform for anything but plinking and killing people.

It wasn't a taunt. It was sound medical advice.

For those that have missed the obvious, I'm questioning his poor tactical evaluation of a lethal situation that was handled quite well by the old timer.

+1

Can ya just feel the moral superiority ooozing?

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