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I do not own a gun, have not fired a gun in years and have never handled any weapon that could be considered an assault rifle in any sense of the term. That said, my completely uninformed and ignorant opinion has always been basically what's stated; the M-16 and it's family always struck me as not the kind of weapon that I'd be real confident about taking into combat (it's family includes the C7, which is the Canadian variant; thus when I still had starry-eyed dreams of enlisting I felt obligated to look into the matter). I've often wondered why the US army continues to use a weapon that seems so reviled by the very people who carry it. Surely there's plenty of serviceable alternatives out there? Or is it just that they've got to have the biggest and baddest and are willing to field an inferior design until the OICW/SCAR/whatever other fun new toy arrives?
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I wake up in the morning more tired than before I slept
I get through cryin' and I'm sadder than before I wept
I get through thinkin' now, and the thoughts have left my head
I get through speakin' and I can't remember, not a word that I said
- Ben Harper, Show Me A Little Shame
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