Michele Bachmann Loves AR-15 Rifles – With Video
Dec 30, 2011 14 Comments ›› Angelia
“I’m A Pretty Good Shot.”
Michele Bachmann might be struggling in the polls now but she could well beat all her fellow GOP presidential candidates in another competition.
The Minnesota Representative, 55, packs a punch when she goes hunting and revealed her favourite gun is a semi-automatic AR-15 assault rifle.
She is going pheasant hunting with Iowa Rep Steve King on Friday and claims she learned about gun safety before she was even a teenager.
The AR-15, seen in its various forms, is the civilian version of the U.S. military’s M16 automatic or semi-automatic rifle, used in the Vietnam War:
‘Hey, I’m a pretty good shot,’ she told WHO-AM. ‘I learned how to hunt here in Iowa from my Dad – I went through gun safety when I was 12.’
‘My favourite gun is an AR-15, because you can be so accurate with it. And I scored the best in my class – of any of the men too – in that class.
‘It’s a rifle. I love that gun. I love it. It’s a great gun.’ Mrs Bachmann refused however to be drawn by WHO-AM on the size of her magazine.
The AR-15 is the civilian version of the U.S. military’s M16 automatic or semi-automatic rifle, which was used during the Vietnam War.
The gun can be configured in many sizes to suit the individual with accessories including silencers, grenade launchers or telescopic sights.
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