Michael Schoenfeld reveals himself to be the very thing he accuses those who support banning AR-15s of being in his March 11 commentary (“An AR-15 is not an ‘assault rifle’”). Being an ex-Marine does not qualify one as a firearms or mass murder expert, and his opinions and ramblings about military service are devoid of useful facts.
The AR-15 is a civilian version of the U.S. military’s M16 assault rifle, with the same look and feel, both being magazine-fed, fully automatic and firing the same caliber of high velocity ammunition, much higher velocity (and deadlier) than handgun ammunition.