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\nThe \u201c30\u201350 Feral Hogs\u201d Guy Actually Had a Point - Slate (Archive)

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Wow. That\u2019s oddly logical of th-

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Aaand then they go right back to being out of touch. Many people can\u2019t afford to hire mercenary hunters to drive out to the middle of nowhere just to shoot some Wilburs. This sounds like something a parody of a rich person would do in a comedy movie where they\u2019re forced to work on a farm.

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Bullets\u2026travel\u2026faster\u2026than the speed\u2026of sound\u2026genius.

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Also, night-vision scopes exist.

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So if a wild boar is heading for someone\u2019s kid, how exactly should that person react? Just stand there and let Timmie and/or Susie get maimed, at best?

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Also, how is\u00a0\u201clots of kids die of guns in the home\u201d any sort of counterargument or counterpoint? It\u2019s almost like you\u2019re just hammering to\u00a0\u201ckids die to guns!\u201d by reflex.

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\u201cI\u2019m no hunting expert, but I\u2019m still going to volunteer my opinion on something I know almost nothing about.\u201d

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Also, the discussion was about wild pigs, not deer. Feral hogs are, in fact, significantly bigger and tougher than Bambi\u2019s mom. Stop falling back on canned NPC responses and actually think.\u00a0

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Heck, just read the article; it specifically says feral hogs sometimes kill more people than sharks.

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I was hoping this was going to actually have a decent argument, say, ex-military contractors have specialized training that a lot of average gun users don\u2019t and would be more effective a deterrent, but it\u2019s literally just \u201cyour 2nd Amendment rights are meaningless, so you might as well give up.\u201d

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In Australia the increased restriction of semi-automatic rifles changed the way people hunted deer, specifically sambar deer. Because people couldn\u2019t rely on a quick follow up shot if the first was not effective, they shifted to calibres that were very\u00a0effective. The 9.3x62mm Mauser became popular, a cartridge that was popular in Africa for large and dangerous game, and is used in Europe for boar.

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I wonder how they\u2019d react to the alternative to an AR15 being something that could take down an elephant?

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Slate\u2019s expert is all

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With the same exact counter, too:

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like, okay devil\u2019s advocate I\u2019ll stand up for the \u201cno point in an AR, they\u2019ll scatter\u201d guy

picture a long gun that kinda falls into the same role as an AR but isn\u2019t an AR - fires faster than a bolt action, optimized for medium range

you are picturing like what, a lever-action Marlin in 30-30?

and so how is an AR gonna be any better than that? you\u2019ll get off 7 shots rather than 4 with a more consistent sight picture before they make the treeline? On a pack of 30-50 scattering, juking hogs? And you\u2019ll have 23 left in the magazine instead of just 2, cause it\u2019s not like you\u2019re gonna try to lay down unaimed suppressive fire on a bunch of beasts, right?

so what\u2019s an AR give you?

(a richer and cheaper ecology of sights, accessories, and rechamberings, I guess)

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