{"id":83281,"date":"2022-07-11T08:36:17","date_gmt":"2022-07-11T13:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=83281"},"modified":"2022-07-11T08:36:17","modified_gmt":"2022-07-11T13:36:17","slug":"83281","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=83281","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Where does anyone read &#8216;Need&#8217; anywhere in the 2nd amendment?<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/redstate.com\/alexparker\/2022\/07\/10\/an-expert-answers-democrats-most-burning-question-why-does-anyone-need-an-ar-15-n592576\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">An Expert Answers Democrats&#8217; Most Burning Question: Why Does Anyone Need an AR-15?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a cry we hear time and again: Why does anyone need a black, spookily-shaped, mysterious \u201cweapon of war\u201d \u2014 which has never been used by the U.S. military?<\/p>\n<p>Contrary to frequently wild framing, the AR-15 is simply the modern iteration of a basic rifle. Take Daniel Boone\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.grandviewoutdoors.com\/guns\/4-famed-hunters-names-guns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Old Tick Licker<\/a>,\u201d fast-forward 270 years, and you get something lighter, more capacious, more accurate, and more easily accessorized.<\/p>\n<p>But why should you \u2014 or Daniel\u2019s great (times six) grandchildren \u2014 own one? Via a recent\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/m.youtube.com\/watch?time_continue=308&amp;v=TemPi-X9MV4&amp;feature=emb_logo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">video<\/a>, gun guru\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mrcolionnoir.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Colion Noir<\/a>\u00a0fights that burning question with a well\u2019s worth of water.<\/p>\n<p>In case you\u2019re unfamiliar, the Houston-based activist and attorney has hosted\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qGp7KtGV5GA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NRATV<\/a>\u00a0and spoken at the National Rifle Association\u2019s convention; his pro-2A\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/MrColionNoir\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube channel<\/a>\u00a0boasts over two million subscribers, and he\u2019s appeared as featured guest on\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wrrfHNkOsd4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Joe Rogan Experience<\/a><\/em>\u00a0as well as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=U0QGZSY35sI&amp;t=100s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Real Time with Bill Maher<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"mw-100\" title=\"Colion Noir: Gun Nuts | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/U0QGZSY35sI?start=132&amp;end=179\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>As for why anyone needs an AR,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=colion+noir+real+time\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Colion<\/a>\u00a0offers a handful of reasons \u2014 one for each finger.<\/p>\n<p>But first, he makes clear, \u201cThe Second Amendment is part of the Bill of Rights and not the Bill of Needs. \u2026 [T]here isn\u2019t a \u2018need\u2019 requirement for which gun you can use under the Second Amendment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now on to the list\u2026<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Reason #1:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>You need an AR-15 to defend against break-ins with multiple suspects.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Colion asks the liars to please stand up:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIf you knew that four guys with guns were going to break into your home or business and try to brutally murder you and your family, which gun would you pick to defend yourself \u2014 a handgun or an AR-15? If you said the handgun, you\u2019re a liar. If you said the AR-15, you just made my point. The AR-15 is the best gun to use against multiple armed intruders who are trying to kill you.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"my-4\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-300x250_5\" class=\"gpt-ad ad-250 text-center\" data-google-query-id=\"CM_f4-T48PgCFWz-9QIdsbABGA\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/6177\/redstate\/articles\/300x250_5_0__container__\"><iframe id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/6177\/redstate\/articles\/300x250_5_0\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" role=\"region\" name=\"google_ads_iframe_\/6177\/redstate\/articles\/300x250_5_0\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-google-container-id=\"3\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cDuring a home invasion with multiple suspects,\u201d he notes, \u201cyou\u2019re already at a huge disadvantage. \u2026 You only get seconds to react to people trying to kill you. But these scumbags get days or even weeks to plan ahead of time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Life is full of compromises, but some aren\u2019t requisite:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cHandguns are a compromise. Yes, they\u2019re easy to carry, but they\u2019re largely underpowered and much harder to shoot accurately compared to AR-15s. Shotguns have the stopping power but lack the capacity. This is fine if the people trying to kill you run away once you start shooting. But if they stay and fight, you\u2019re screwed. That\u2019s where the AR-15 comes in. AR-15s are easier to shoot accurately, they have a higher capacity and much less recoil. An AR-15 is exceedingly easier to suppress than a shotgun, so you have the added advantage of protecting your hearing. All of these factors immediately put you on an equal playing field with the scumbags who are trying to kill you. Long story short: All of the benefits that people like to say an AR-15 gives to criminals [it also gives] to law-abiding citizens.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cHonestly,\u201d he says, \u201cI could end the video right there. But let\u2019s keep going.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reason #2:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>You need an AR-15 to defend yourself against civil unrest.<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201c[W]hen this happens, you can\u2019t rely on the police because they\u2019re too busy trying to deal with the chaos. \u2026 In mobs, people do things they normally wouldn\u2019t do. \u2026 [T]rust me\u2026at any point, you can be on the wrong side of the mob. And if that (violent) mob decides to come your direction, you\u2019re going to need an AR-15\u2026 \u2026 Handguns don\u2019t intimidate a mob, and shotguns [are] a lot harder to shoot consistently because of the recoil\u2026\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"my-4\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-300x250_6\" class=\"gpt-ad ad-250 text-center\" data-google-query-id=\"COeJ9OT48PgCFbyoAAAdqXINwQ\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/6177\/redstate\/articles\/300x250_6_0__container__\"><iframe id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/6177\/redstate\/articles\/300x250_6_0\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" role=\"region\" name=\"google_ads_iframe_\/6177\/redstate\/articles\/300x250_6_0\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-google-container-id=\"4\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Reason #3:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>You need an AR-15 to protect yourself during a national disaster or a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.survivalsullivan.com\/shtf-meaning-examples-depth-explanation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SHTF<\/a>\u00a0scenario.<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cNatural disasters can happen at any moment and happen way more frequently than civil unrest and have a tendency to last longer. After a natural disaster\u2026you\u2019re on your own. If it\u2019s a bad enough or long enough situation, you\u2019ll likely be living in a lawless environment. And criminals love this because people become easy targets. .. Can you imagine how dangerous it\u2019ll be at night, with no power in pitch-black darkness and no police to help you, and there are criminals rampaging through the city looking to take what little you have, but you have to go out and find a loved one or get emergency supplies? You want the best thing possible to protect yourself in that environment\u2026because the police can\u2019t help you.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Reason #4:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>You need an AR-15 because everyone else has them \u2014 including criminals.<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThere are, at bare minimum, two million ARs in this country. You may not have an AR, but other people do. So ask yourself \u2014 do you really want to be the only person without an AR-15, when you\u2019re surrounded by police and criminals [armed with them]?\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Colion states the obvious, which for some reason appears to elude\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/redstate.com\/mike_miller\/2022\/07\/10\/michael-moore-writes-totalitarian-28th-amendment-that-would-take-away-americans-gun-rights-n592482\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gun control\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/redstate.com\/mike_miller\/2022\/07\/10\/michael-moore-writes-totalitarian-28th-amendment-that-would-take-away-americans-gun-rights-n592482\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">advocates<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cCriminals, by definition, don\u2019t follow laws. And as a result, criminals have all the guns they\u2019re not supposed to have \u2014 like the AR-15.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"my-4\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-300x250_7\" class=\"gpt-ad ad-250 text-center\" data-google-query-id=\"CM26jOX48PgCFWaRAAAdiDQFMA\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/6177\/redstate\/articles\/300x250_7_0__container__\"><iframe id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/6177\/redstate\/articles\/300x250_7_0\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" role=\"region\" name=\"google_ads_iframe_\/6177\/redstate\/articles\/300x250_7_0\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-google-container-id=\"5\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>He\u2019s got a gift for breaking it down:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWhy would you want the fight for your life to be an uneven match? I want what the criminal is trying to use against me or<em>\u00a0better.<\/em>\u00a0So if criminals have AR-15s that they could possibly use against you, then you need an AR-15 [to] fight back against them. This is not rocket science.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Reason #5:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>You need an AR-15 because you don\u2019t trust the government.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And you\u2019re not alone:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cA study from the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/politics\/2022\/06\/06\/public-trust-in-government-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pew Research Center<\/a>\u00a0found that only two in ten Americans said they trust the government in Washington to do what is right, \u2018just about always\u2019 two percent of the time, or \u2018most of the time\u2019 nineteen percent of the time. \u2026 The study also found that only 29 percent of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents say they trust the government just about always or most of the time \u2014 which is odd considering that people who ask, \u2018Why do you need an AR-15?\u2019 are typically if not always Democrat or Democratic-leaning independents. If the vast majority of Americans don\u2019t trust the government, why would you leave yourself defenseless to the same government you don\u2019t trust?\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The man connects America\u2019s beginnings with a contemporary right to bear arms:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe founding fathers used their own rifles to win the Revolutionary War against a tyrannical government. They then wrote the Second Amendment to protect the\u2026right to keep and bear arms so that\u2026people of the future could use their own rifles \u2014 like they just did \u2014 to either be a deterrent\u2026or to fight back against a tyrannical government \u2014 foreign or domestic. The most effective tool to do this right now\u2026is the AR-15.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"my-4\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-300x250_8\" class=\"gpt-ad ad-250 text-center\" data-google-query-id=\"CPr7ouX48PgCFSaPAAAdQ_cIiw\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/6177\/redstate\/articles\/300x250_8_0__container__\"><iframe id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/6177\/redstate\/articles\/300x250_8_0\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" role=\"region\" name=\"google_ads_iframe_\/6177\/redstate\/articles\/300x250_8_0\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-google-container-id=\"6\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>He concludes with a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/USA\/Justice\/2010\/0304\/Behind-Supreme-Court-case-Do-gun-rights-protect-against-tyranny\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">quote<\/a>\u00a0from former Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Alex Kosinski, about Americans\u2019 access to ARs in the event of federal tyranny:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cHowever improbable these contingencies may seem today, facing them unprepared is a mistake a free people get to make only once.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Top 5 Reasons You NEED An AR-15\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TemPi-X9MV4?start=42&amp;end=711\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Colion makes potent points; will those across the aisle ever hear them? Either way, a large portion of the country will need to first learn what an AR-15 actually is. Might politicians and media members finally admit it\u2019s not a machine gun? Call it less than likely:<\/p>\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"AR-15 'poetry' - Responding to Stephen Colbert\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hUEK7krnEig?start=10&amp;end=22\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Check out more of Colion Noir\u2019s content \u2014 including his\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=any_ARFPWq0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fiery and fashionable nightstand<\/a>\u00a0\u2014\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mrcolionnoir.com\/start-here\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Where does anyone read &#8216;Need&#8217; anywhere in the 2nd amendment? 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