# "He crossed state lines."

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 21, 2021, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-crossed-state-lines/954705 "2021-11-21T04:49:32Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 22, 2021, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-crossed-state-lines/954705/136 "2021-11-22T14:20:44Z")

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> [@Spice\_Weasel](#):
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> Why does an AR 15 exist? What advantage does it have?

I think that answering that question would likely derail this thread.

There was a lengthy thread on that very issue awhile ago (now closed), but it goes into the issue of AR15s in great detail:

> [@No, you don't need a semiautomatic rifle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-dont-need-a-semiautomatic-rifle/932705/):
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> In another thread we had the following exchange which the mods have requested we take to Great Debates: The fact that you think that there is no use for semi-automatic rifles in a hunting situation tells me you’ve never hunted and don’t know much about it. So please, enlighten us: what is so important about hunting with semiautomatic rifles that it justifies the huge number of gun deaths in the United States? And how do the British manage without?

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