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"In the gang context, the AR-15 could be deemed a status symbol because it's small and light and compact in terms of assault rifles," said Marko Jugley, a gun owner and executive member of the Maple Leaf Marksmen Rifle and Revolver Club in St. Catherines.
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There always seems to be a subgroup of gun owners who think that if they act subservient to the anti's, and agree with a bunch of restrictions and gun bans, they will be allowed to keep their firearms. I have heard a lot of this kind of stuff from skeet shooters and hunters in particular.