THE ATF... is looking at the probably about 1%-2% or less compliance,
its very obvious most people have concluded
registration is almost always just a prelude to confiscation,
the AR15 is like an erector set, or legos for adult gun enthusiasts
as uppers barrels, lowers, stocks, braces, handguards all interchange with ease.
keep in mind the ATF says there were between 3-7 million braces sold
but the manufacturer's of the AR15 collapsible stocks ,say they sold over 10-15 million
and pistol braces in dozens of configurations state that estimates STILL ABSURDLY LOW
and theres many PRINTER PROGRAMS, and import versions available for the do it your self crowd,
simply because you can easily interchange AR15 lowers and uppers
and short barrel uppers were sold without lowers in the millions
that can be matched to rifle or pistol lowers
and there were easily 30-40 million AR15 uppers, that could be easily converted or modified,
and short ar15 compatible barrels sold over the last 30 years
no one has a clue whats currently out in civilian hands or available
I've always been into hunting rifles more than military designs, so please bare with my partial lack of info, yes I think everyone should own a semi auto clone of a military rifle, personally I think the FAL, or M1A in 308 win, are ideal options, and yes the AR15 is very popular, but it lacks...
garage.grumpysperformance.com
The Instagram tag #ar15 has over 1.7 million posts, with updates by the minute
www.nbcnews.com
Nearly 19 million AR-style rifles have been produced in the U.S. since 1990, according to one industry group. The NRA has touted the AR-15 as “America’s Rifle.”
nebraskapublicmedia.org
the ATF IS