Actually, the original purpose of this thread was to help me decide what kind of rifle to get. I was hoping for input. I'm sorry for offending anybody with my opinion.
Awe come on Natedog... you guys know I'm easily "riled" these days, now that I'm taking meds for ADD
It was this statement
I think it's kind of stupid to spend $500+ extra on buying a rifle to get the bayonet lug, flash suppressor, folding stock, etc.
along with a couple of "I don't, and anyone that does is just a ..."
pretty much all by themselves that got me going
Minus those, this was an excellent question, an A#1 post, and I really wasn't trying to shoot it down (believe it or not).
To have put it a nice way, if you want one, it's worth it. If you don't want one, then it's not. Freedom of choice and all that... I prefer the Pre-bans, and would certainly never think badly of someone who spent the extra $$$. That's what money's for.
At any rate, as a group, settling into being comfortable with losing or giving up things we "don't need anyway" is kinda sorta how anti-gunners got fence riders to vote for the AW ban in the first place. "We don't need these things on rifles! 80% of gun owners agree that THEY don't need a folding stock. Only bad guys in trenchcoats need them! They're less accurate... "
Remember this? "No honest man needs more than 10 rounds"?
So although not as eloquent, "anyone who needs a flash supressor is a Rambo wannabe" is just as loaded.
You get the picture.
PEACE - out