{"id":33875,"date":"2023-12-12T16:55:34","date_gmt":"2023-12-12T16:55:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=33875"},"modified":"2023-12-12T17:32:10","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T17:32:10","slug":"why-bayonet-lugs-on-ars-are-so-dangerous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=33875","title":{"rendered":"Why Bayonet Lugs On ARs Are So Dangerous"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I never understood the gun prohibitionists’ preoccupation with bayonet lugs on AR-15s. It seemed every one of their attempts at an “assault weapon” ban included this feature as a disqualifying feature. Only the US Marine Corps still has bayonet training<\/a><\/strong> in our military as the Army has abandoned it<\/a>.<\/strong> The last major US military bayonet charge was during the Korean War<\/a><\/strong>. I will note the British Army did very effective bayonet charges in both Afghanistan<\/a><\/strong> and Iraq<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Mike Williamson examines a number of the bayonets for the AR-15\/M-16 in his Sharp Pointy Things YouTube below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n