Name:   MAJ USA RET - Subject:   Weapon of Choice Date:   5/27/2022 9:33:05 AM (updated 5/27/2022 9:34:19 AM)

I carried the military versions of the M-14, M-16, and M-60 (military only). I don’t recall if that first version of the M-16 had a selector switch. NONE OF THEM WERE COMFORTABLE TO CARRY… except, maybe, at “sling arms.” How many drill sergeants let YOU walk around at sling arms? These rifles are not exactly good hunting companions unless you were in the military and recall them with affection.

BUT… Alas, the 2^nd Amendment is not about hunting. The British were not headed for Lexington and Concord to seize hunting rifles. They were headed there to DISARM the locals. Their (duly noted) mistake was thinking all of the rifles, ball, and powder were in the armory. As it turns out, the militia were better armed and better shots than the British. The militia were predominately farmers and hunters and saw their firearms as tools. Secondarily, they were always on call to respond to Indian raids. Did you know that EVERY adult (non-criminal) male in Switzerland has a government supplied rifle and ammo? Ever wonder why Switzerland has never been invaded since declaring neutrality?

The selector switch for “automatic mode” is available only to the military and the rare collector of fully automatic (capable) weapons. Most gunsmiths could turn your "AR whatever" into a fully automatic weapon… that would make your weapon illegal.

Having been allowed (once), at Fort Benning, to fire my weapon in “auto” mode (three round burst). I immediately noticed that only the first round went where I aimed it. I was never inclined to use that selector position again.

As a member of the militia (10 U.S. Code § 246), one could better defend his (her) home and nation with a conventional hunting rifle, shotgun, or pistol with which he or she was more practiced and comfortable. Notice that the 2^nd Amendment does not limit what arms one chooses to bear.

And you have no say in what is acceptable for me.  That would qualify as infringement.