Stulce may be vet but no gun expert
About the Friday Times commentary by Terry Stulce: I will say that having been a soldier does not qualify him to berate the rest of us who believe in the Second Amendment as “gun worshippers.”
His statements about “assault” weapons are disingenuous at best and outright lies at worst. If a rifle does not meet the government criterion of being capable of automatic fire, then it is not an assault weapon.
There are other criteria published by our government that this weapon doesn’t meet. It doesn’t have a bayonet lug like an M-16, and it does not have a flash suppressor like an M-16. It does have a minimal muzzle brake, but many rifles do.
His experience is impressive but irrelevant. I have never been in the military, but I’ve been shot at and I shot back. That’s a gunfight no matter where you are or what you do for a living.