# House raises the age to buy semi-automatic rifles to 21 (but unlikely to pass in the Senate)

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**Post date:** [June 9, 2022, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-raises-the-age-to-buy-semi-automatic-rifles-to-21-but-unlikely-to-pass-in-the-senate/965901/17 "2022-06-09T02:12:39Z")

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IIRC, the AR-15 was originally marketed as a ‘varmint rifle’ – a role for which is is particularly well-suited. Personally, I differentiate between ‘hunting’ and ‘varmint hunting’; because ‘hunting’ (to me) is killing an animal for food, and ‘varmint hunting’ is to protect livestock.

Full disclosure: I own several AR-15s; two actual 1979 Colt SP-1s; and other brands that I built. I don’t hunt. They are just for collecting. (And I’m planning to sell all but the Colts. I’m getting old.)

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