223 or a 5.56, you know, these technical details. So how does the speed of the bullet affect the lethality of the bullet once it enters the body?įRANKEL: Yeah, the AR-15 actually shoots a fairly small bullet. That's - I can't even fathom that a bullet can go that quickly. The speed of the bullet, the bullet would cross six football fields in one second. The AR-15's sort of famously easy to shoot and doesn't have much kick. One of the things for folks who want to go out and fire 40 or 50 rounds at a range, you know, to do that with their big old hunting rifle, they'll bruise their shoulder after four or five rounds. It's easier to keep aim, right? So instead of the front of the rifle kicking upwards with each bullet, it's easier to keep it on a constant target. And so there's less recoil, less kick on it. Why is that an important feature of the gun?įRANKEL: Yeah, that was one of the innovations and one of the things that made it so appealing to the military at first was it has this gas impingement system, which technically, basically, means that it redirects some of the energy from a fired bullet to reload the next bullet. GROSS: It's easier to keep steady - you know, to keep steady aim with minimum recoil. And it has taken on this aura that is appealing to folks for many reasons, but also for folks who really want to do a lot of harm. You know, it's - as you described in the opening, it's a military weapon that was sort of modified and changed for the civilian market. I mean, he specifically said, I chose the AR-15 because it's, you know, very good at killing people. GROSS: Why do mass shooters often choose an AR-15?įRANKEL: Yeah, you know, it's something that some of the mass shooters even explicitly spell out, like, in their manifestos they leave behind, like the shooter in the Buffalo mass shooting just last year. So, you know, when the death toll gets really high, 10 or more, you know, these horrific things that just you can't look away from and horrify people, usually they involve AR-15s. You know, the Las Vegas mass shooting, the worst mass shooting in U.S.
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The shooting in the movie theater in Aurora, Colo. Newtown, most famously, back in 2012 was an AR-15. You know, the Uvalde shooting down in Texas last year, that involved an AR-15-style weapon. I mean, any mass shooting that has made the news that we've all sort of - horrified by. GROSS: So let's start with if you could list some of the mass shootings that the AR-15 was used as the weapon.įRANKEL: Yeah. He's an enterprise reporter on the financial desk of The Washington Post.
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My guest, Todd Frankel, is one of the series reporters. The investigation tells the story of how the civilian rifle was adapted from the military combat automatic rifle the M16 and how, with the help of clever marketing and lobbying, the AR-15 has become a huge moneymaker for the gun industry, an icon of gun culture, a favored weapon for perpetrators of mass shootings and a flashpoint in the debate about guns in America. The article is part of an investigation conducted by Washington Post reporters into the history of the assault rifle the AR-15. That was a chilling end to disturbing descriptions of what the bullets did to the bodies of some of its victims. It took 11 minutes for the shooter to kill 60 people and injure 869 at a Las Vegas concert in 2017. When I finished reading the article, a message popped up saying, you've been on this page for 8 minutes and 14 seconds. The other day, I was reading an article in The Washington Post about the blast effect of bullets from the assault weapon the AR-15 and how those bullets blow the body apart. Copper polished 6.03mm tight bore barrel improves range and accuracy (200+ feet with 0.This is FRESH AIR.Low resistance wiring prevents potential damage from the battery.This gun features Zion Arms' fully programmable electronic trigger unit that can be programmed to shoot in varying burst modes.The reinforced redesigned metal version 2 gearbox has ultra-smooth 8mm bearings, 18:1 steel gear, steel teeth, polycarbonate piston, bearing spring guide, rotary hop-up, and a 19k RPM neodymium magnet high-speed motor that provides consistent performance.The handguard features QD sling mounting holes on both sides of the handguard to give users the option to mount on either side.10 inch M-LOK handguard that provides ample space to mount lights, lasers, and other M-LOK compatible accessories.The Zion Arms R&D Precision AEG is an officially licensed 1:1 scale authentic replica that offers the same look and feel as well as functionality as the real steel counterpart.
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