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Judi Lynn

(160,630 posts) Mon Feb 19, 2018, 11:58 PM Feb 2018

Gun Owner Destroys His AR-15 On Viral Video: Its Not Worth A Single Life

Source: Huffington Post

02/19/2018 10:48 pm ET

“When do we say a weapon like this isn’t acceptable?” asks Scott Pappalardo.
By Mary Papenfuss

A video gone viral features a New York gun owner who cuts up his AR-15 military-style assault rifle because it’s time to make a change.

Scott Pappalardo’s AR-15 is the same kind of weapon used in the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, that killed 17 people and injured 15 last week.

“I’ll be honest, it’s a lot of fun to shoot,” Pappalardo acknowledges on the video posted on his Facebook page and viewed 13 million times by Monday evening. “I’ve never killed anything with it except a bunch of targets.”

Pappalardo recalls that, after the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, that killed 20 young children and six adults, he told his wife, “I’d gladly give this gun up if it would save the life of just one child.”

Read more: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/pappalardo-destroys-ar15-not-worth-a-life_us_5a8b6da7e4b0a1d0e12c3a7a

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Gun Owner Destroys His AR-15 On Viral Video: Its Not Worth A Single Life (Original Post) Judi Lynn Feb 2018 OP

Most gun-fanciers will be acquiring another and laughing at folks like Pappalardo. Hoyt Feb 2018 #1

Good on him. (n/t) forgotmylogin Feb 2018 #2

This is a responsible gun owner vercetti2021 Feb 2018 #3

He'll have one less worry for the rest of his life. ffr Feb 2018 #4

Anyone familiar with the Armalite series of rifles will understand that that is not Aristus Feb 2018 #6

minngal marieo1 Feb 2018 #5

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)

1. Most gun-fanciers will be acquiring another and laughing at folks like Pappalardo.

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Tue Feb 20, 2018, 12:01 AM

Feb 2018

forgotmylogin

(7,531 posts)

2. Good on him. (n/t)

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Tue Feb 20, 2018, 01:01 AM

Feb 2018

vercetti2021

(10,156 posts)

3. This is a responsible gun owner

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Tue Feb 20, 2018, 01:04 AM

Feb 2018

Wish others would figure this out that no one needs military grade weaponry.

ffr

(22,672 posts)

4. He'll have one less worry for the rest of his life.

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Tue Feb 20, 2018, 03:23 AM

Feb 2018

Unfortunately, all the parts to an AR-15 can be legally purchased, less the firing mechanism. So he'll need to cut that into piece too or damage it, since it's the most important component of the weapon.

Aristus

(66,465 posts)

6. Anyone familiar with the Armalite series of rifles will understand that that is not

Reply to ffr (Reply #4)

Tue Feb 20, 2018, 11:15 AM

Feb 2018

necessarily the case. Despite the concept of interchangeable parts, it's a bad idea to take the bolt from one Armalite rifle and use it in another. When I was in the Army, we trainees were cautioned against doing so. Potential results ranged from constant jamming to the firing assembly exploding.

marieo1

(1,402 posts)

5. minngal

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Tue Feb 20, 2018, 11:00 AM

Feb 2018

If he really did this, I thank him!! One courageous human being!! Thanks!!

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