Once again, inventing reasons to justify having an AR-15. Reasons that either do not exist, or do not require and AR-15 to address.
If a group of men approach you with the intent to lynch you, pulling out a 357 mag or a semi-auto Glock will stop them dead in their tracks. Not a single one of those punks want to even take a five percent chance of a bullet being embedded in their brain.
Lets talk about the real reasons for the appeal of civilian market assault rifles. The reason wingnuts get so triggered about this is they know there is a kernel of truth to what I am saying.
The reason men like to play paint ball, the reason some men like to train as a weekend warrior with rightwing militia, is the exact same reason some dudes like to collect military-style civilian assault rifles.
It appeals to the Rambo fantasies every single one of us - every single red blooded male - grew up with. Those rifles just look bad@ass, and they appeal to us in the same way playing Rambo did when we were boys.
If you actually want to defend your home and your family, the superior tactical choice is a good 12 gauge shotgun. Unless you are highly trained, there is more than a 50 percent chance you will miss an intruder with an AR-15, even if you aim. A shotgun gives you close to a zero percent chance of missing, and its overwhelming firepower is going to lay out any intruder so they do not even get a chance at return fire.