{"id":3068,"date":"2012-08-07T16:24:00","date_gmt":"2012-08-07T16:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/2012\/08\/07\/too-cool-for-ar\/"},"modified":"2019-08-16T18:19:15","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T18:19:15","slug":"too-cool-for-ar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=3068","title":{"rendered":"Too Cool For An AR?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:15356,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/notes\\\/rick-stengel\\\/this-weeks-issue-talking-common-sense-about-guns\\\/451020821604965&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20210126043331\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/notes\\\/rick-stengel\\\/this-weeks-issue-talking-common-sense-about-guns\\\/451020821604965&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-20 11:56:05&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:400}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-20 11:56:05&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:400},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:15357,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.atf.gov\\\/firearms\\\/industry\\\/july-2012-importability-of-certain-shotguns.pdf&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:15358,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.remington.com\\\/products\\\/firearms\\\/centerfire\\\/model-r-15\\\/model-r-15-vtr-predator-rifle.aspx&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20160113054150\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.remington.com:80\\\/products\\\/firearms\\\/centerfire\\\/model-r-15\\\/model-r-15-vtr-predator-rifle.aspx&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-20 11:57:05&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-20 11:57:05&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:15359,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/ambushfirearms.com\\\/shop\\\/rifles.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20150707203147\\\/https:\\\/\\\/ambushfirearms.com\\\/shop\\\/rifles.html&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-20 11:57:09&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-20 11:57:09&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:15360,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.nssfblog.com\\\/nssf-responds-to-time-editor&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20170701234850\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.nssfblog.com\\\/nssf-responds-to-time-editor\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-20 11:57:18&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-20 11:57:18&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>Richard Stengel, Princeton &#8217;77 and Rhodes Scholar, is too cool for an AR. He also thinks you don&#8217;t need one either.<\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Richard-Stengel-inbox_0314.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Richard-Stengel-inbox_0314.jpg\" width=\"338\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Stengel&#8217;s profile picture from Time Magazine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>\nStengel is the Managing Editor of Time Magazine and penned a blurb for the Aug. 6th issue entitled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/notes\/rick-stengel\/this-weeks-issue-talking-common-sense-about-guns\/451020821604965\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Talking Common Sense About Guns&#8221;<\/a>. In the blurb, Stengel said, \u201cAnd gun owners know better than anyone else that an AR-15 has&nbsp;little&nbsp;or no sporting purpose.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Even if one accepts &#8211; and I don&#8217;t &#8211; the ATF&#8217;s interpretation of the sporting purpose language of the Gun Control Act of 1968 which they use to say that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.atf.gov\/firearms\/industry\/july-2012-importability-of-certain-shotguns.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3-Gun competitions are not &#8220;sporting&#8221;<\/a>, AR-15s in a variety of calibers are used to hunt everything from ground squirrels to whitetail deer and everything in between. Firearm manufacturers ranging from the venerable <a href=\"http:\/\/www.remington.com\/products\/firearms\/centerfire\/model-r-15\/model-r-15-vtr-predator-rifle.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Remington<\/a> to the newer <a href=\"https:\/\/ambushfirearms.com\/shop\/rifles.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Defense<\/a> are now making ARs for the hunting market. <\/p>\n<p>Stengel&#8217;s comment brought <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nssfblog.com\/nssf-responds-to-time-editor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a swift reaction from Steve Sanetti of the National Shooting Sports Foundation<\/a>. Sanetti sent a letter which said, in part,<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i>It never ceases to amaze recreational shooters and hunters when persons who wouldn\u2019t touch a firearm on a bet presume to tell us that certain firearms \u201chave no sporting purpose\u201d&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>People fear what they don\u2019t know, and that\u2019s perfectly understandable. But to presume to know what kind of equipment many millions of other law-abiding Americans use for legitimate recreational pursuits in the face of the facts is just wrong.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I don&#8217;t know whether Stengel&#8217;s comment comes from ignorance or willfulness but I do find him to be as arrogant and out of touch as the magazine he edits. Sorry Mr. Stengel, that is just not cool.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Richard Stengel, Princeton &#8217;77 and Rhodes Scholar, is too cool for an AR. 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