Daily Beast:
Shotguns Preferred to AR-15s Because They ‘Lack Capacity for Mass Carnage’
by
AWR Hawkins24 Dec 2015
On
December 22, The Daily Beast criticized the
ongoing availability of AR-15s, suggesting shotguns are a sufficient type of
weapon but are largely rejected as a substitute for ARs because they “lack
capacity for mass carnage.”
The
Daily Beast column is framed around guns seen at a gun show. The
column’s author describes seeing a table full of “mid-level AR-15s” of various
brands–DPMS, Smith & Wesson, and Bushmaster. He referenced talking to the
gun show vendor about more expensive brands, such as Daniel Defense, and
ultimately, concluded that ARs are “popular with boys who never quite grew up.”
The
author then saw a table containing only hunting rifles and shotguns and
suggested that these weapons were sufficient for the exercise of the Second
Amendment but could not satisfy because they “lack the capacity for mass
carnage.” He also suggested they “lack the military hoo-hah that
apparently makes ARs” popular with those boys who never matured to manhood.
Lost
on The Daily Beast is the fact that shotguns such as the Mossberg 500, the
Remington 870, and the Benelli
M4 can be outfitted with as much “military hoo-hah” as the mind can
imagine. Moreover, because they are shotguns, they are far deadlier in close
quarters than an AR-15.
An
AR-15 shoots one bullet less than a quarter-inch wide every time the trigger is
pulled, but a shotgun shoots multiple lead “shots,” which emerge from the end
of the barrel in a grouping, or “pattern,” which is about 9 to 12 inches
in diameter and close to the end of the barrel, but which expands the farther
the grouping of shots travels. This pattern of shot–versus the single bullet of
an AR-15–makes the shotgun perfect for situations where a homeowner may face
multiple aggressors. Such a homeowner can take out two or three aggressors with
one properly placed shotgun blast.
Will
he kill all three home invaders with one trigger pull? It’s possible. But a far
more-likely scenario is that he will kill one and wound two so badly that the
attack will end.
This
type of operation also makes shotguns perfect weapons for mass carnage. And The
Daily Beast apparently forgot about the September 16, 2013, Navy Yard shooting,
in which Aaron Alexis used a pump shotgun to mow down 12 innocents before law
enforcement killed him.
The
draw of AR-15s is that they provide something missing from shotguns–namely, the
ability to make mid-to-long range shots, as well. Whereas the pattern of shot
fired from a shotgun loses effectiveness the farther it travels–and normal
birdshot loads can be completely ineffective by the time they travel 40 to 50
yards–shots covering hundreds of yards are possible with an AR.
Daily
Beast
IAC/InterActiveCorp
was a funder for the Daily Beast.
Note:
Chelsea V.
Clinton is a director at the IAC/InterActiveCorp,
and the vice chair for the Bill, Hillary
& Chelsea Clinton Foundation.
Open
Society Foundations was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.
George Soros is the
founder & chairman for the Open
Society Foundations, was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open
Society, and a benefactor for the Harlem
Children's Zone.
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Harlem Children's Zone, the Urban
Institute (think tank), and the Aspen
Institute (think tank).
Michael R.
Bloomberg was a benefactor for the Harlem
Children's Zone, is the founder of the Everytown
for Gun Safety, and a friend of Steven
L. Rattner.
Everytown
for Gun Safety is a “Gun Safety, Gun
Control” group for guns.
Steven L. Rattner
is a friend of Michael R. Bloomberg,
and was a director at the IAC/InterActiveCorp.
Donald R. Keough was
a director at the IAC/InterActiveCorp,
a friend of Warren E. Buffett, and a
director at Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
Warren E. Buffett
was a friend of Donald R. Keough, is
the chairman & CEO for Berkshire
Hathaway Inc., a life trustee at the Urban
Institute (think tank), and an advisory board member for Everytown for Gun Safety.
Everytown
for Gun Safety is a “Gun Safety, Gun
Control” group for guns.
Michael R.
Bloomberg is the founder of the Everytown
for Gun Safety, a friend of Steven
L. Rattner, the founder of the Bloomberg
Family Foundation, and was a benefactor for the Harlem Children's Zone.
Bloomberg
Family Foundation was a funder for the Aspen
Institute (think tank), and the Bill,
Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.
Michael D. Eisner
is a trustee at the Aspen Institute
(think tank), a director at the IAC/InterActiveCorp,
and made the National Rifle Association
enemies list, listed in 2013.
Julius
Genachowski is a senior fellow at the Aspen
Institute (think tank), and was the chief of business operations for the IAC/InterActiveCorp.
IAC/InterActiveCorp
was a funder for the Daily Beast.
Chelsea V. Clinton
is a director at the IAC/InterActiveCorp,
and the vice chair for the Bill, Hillary
& Chelsea Clinton Foundation.
Hillary Rodham
Clinton was a director at the Bill,
Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, and is the candidate for the 2016 Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential
campaign.
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