Herman Robinson and his "Weapons of War"

Lake Worth commissioner adamant: No weapons of war for civilians

Herman Robinson said, “We’re not at war with each other. I was in the army. I was 18. It was different walking down the street with an AR-15 across your back. The Sandy Hook (Elementary School shooting in 2012) was a horrific action and Parkland was just as horrific.”

I don't know when Herman was in the army but I believe it was some time ago. AR-15 styled rifles have been around for perhaps five decades. The AR stands for ArmaLite Rifle. It does NOT stand for "assault rifle" nor does it stand for "automatic rifle." The AR-15 was first developed in the late 1950's. In 1959 it was sold to Colt as it had very little success and later used in the VietNam war as the M-16. Colt had so much success with the M-16 that it marketed the rifle as an AR-15 thus the generic term for all types of AR-15-style rifles. [NPR]

I agree. No one needs a weapon of war but the AR-15 is not one as it is a semi-automatic. If we are to have any ban it should be on bump stocks as they are used and are legal in many places that can be added to a semiautomatic weapon to approximate an automatic rifle, a weapon of war.

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