I know the AR15 is the most popular rifle in America, but I'm starting to wonder how much longer that can be the case. With states making them illegal to own, and some cases harder to buy and own, and then we have retailers no longer selling them.
I'm in Wisconsin where there are no restrictions, and we got a new Fleet Farm store where they had a great selection of firearms. Their sales fliers featured everything except the AR15s. I found online that they decided to stop advertising them. Now I just discovered that they no longer list them online either. Not sure if they are still for sale in the store. Walmart no longer sells them at all. Dick's Sporting Goods stopped selling them.
I also read that a permit from the police is needed in MN to buy one, which came as a surprise. And don't even get me started about NY and CA.
So, just how popular can a particular rifle remain when laws are being passed that ban it or make it harder or more expensive to own, or say you can own it, but it has to be made into a contraption that doesn't even resemble what it originally was meant to be?
Even more surprising is that this is all the case under a Republican president, with all these bans and regulation being at the state level, and even the retail level. If 2020 gets us a Democrat president, would there be any hope left?
BTW, here's a site that lists the laws specifically against "assault weapons" by state: https://lawcenter.giffords.org/gun-laws/state-law/50-state-summaries/assault-weapons-state-by-state/
I'm in Wisconsin where there are no restrictions, and we got a new Fleet Farm store where they had a great selection of firearms. Their sales fliers featured everything except the AR15s. I found online that they decided to stop advertising them. Now I just discovered that they no longer list them online either. Not sure if they are still for sale in the store. Walmart no longer sells them at all. Dick's Sporting Goods stopped selling them.
I also read that a permit from the police is needed in MN to buy one, which came as a surprise. And don't even get me started about NY and CA.
So, just how popular can a particular rifle remain when laws are being passed that ban it or make it harder or more expensive to own, or say you can own it, but it has to be made into a contraption that doesn't even resemble what it originally was meant to be?
Even more surprising is that this is all the case under a Republican president, with all these bans and regulation being at the state level, and even the retail level. If 2020 gets us a Democrat president, would there be any hope left?
BTW, here's a site that lists the laws specifically against "assault weapons" by state: https://lawcenter.giffords.org/gun-laws/state-law/50-state-summaries/assault-weapons-state-by-state/