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This is my M4-style Bushmaster XM15-E2S (AR-15) semi-auto sporting rifle.

I initially spent about $700.16 USD on it making it my most expensive firearm I've ever owned to date. Not including all of the extra magazines and magazine accessories and the 5000+ rounds of .223/5.56 green tip ammo I have stockpiled for it, I put about another $450+ USD in parts, gun accessories, and upgrades in it. I've installed a steel picante rail shroud/handguard on it, a tac light, Magpul rubberized pistol grip, sling mount and a single-point detachable sling, and a nickle and chrome plated bolt carrier and hammer on it. This gun is worth just shy of $1200.

In the future I might consider installing a forward vertical grip, Ka-bar bayonet, and upgrading the buffer tube spring to a stiffer buffer tube spring.

In spite of the liberal leftist's unrealistic fears about these guns being "fully automatic" and "scary", they're actually not; in fact the designation of "AR" in AR-15 does not stand for "Automatic Rifle" nor "Assault Rifle", it actually stands for "Armalite Rifle"(the company which was owned by Eugine Stoner who originally pioneered the design to this weapons platform). The "15" in AR-15 designates it as rifle chambered in 5.56 NATO as apposed to the AR-10 which fired the Winchester .308. Only the AR-10's, a select few of the first generation AR-15's, and all M-16/M4's are automatic, all other AR-15 platform and AR-15 variant platform rifles are semi-automatic which designates them as "class-one sporting rifles" not "assault rifles". As of right now it is still illegal to own a rifle that is non-NFA compliant. It is damn near impossible to get a "fully automatic" rifle especially since the only NFA-transferable ones have to be at least pre-1986 or older and they come with an extensive year-long background check and a year-long waiting period and the gun "in question" that is being transferred usually runs anywhere from $20,000 (at a minimum) to about $35,000.

Now could someone go out and "illegally modify" an AR-15 semi-auto rifle into a "fully automatic" rifle? Oh, absolutely! But it won't be as easy as filing a couple of parts down, they'd either have mill out a whole new lower receiver (the part that is legally considered to be the gun itself because of the serial numbers stamped into it) or they'd have install a searblock (which is an NFA-controlled part) and a modified selector switch to make these rifles "fully automatic." The people that usually do "illegally modify" their firearms are criminals to begin with and they usually get caught before they can do anything else illegal with the firearms. It is a 10 year minimum prison sentence, a felony gun charge, and about a $200,000 per illegally modified firearm. So in short, "assault rifles" are very uncommon for people who are non-military to own (not even policemen own them), and all politics aside they're not "easier to get than a library book."This one took me about 45 minutes from the time that I started filling out the paperwork till the time that I passed the extensive federal/ATF background check in order for me to purchase my new firearm.

Fortunately for me with my brief time with the U.S. Navy that I got opportunity to fire both the M4 and the M-16 along with a few other military-grade firearms. I might later on consider getting myself an AK-47 variant sporting rifle.

Description
This is my M4-style Bushmaster XM15-E2S (AR-15) semi-auto sporting rifle.

I initially spent about $700.16 USD on it making it my most expensive firearm I've ever owned to date. Not including all of the extra magazines and magazine accessories and the 5000+ rounds of .223/5.56 green tip ammo I have stockpiled for it, I put about another $450+ USD in parts, gun accessories, and upgrades in it. I've installed a steel picante rail shroud/handguard on it, a tac light, Magpul rubberized pistol grip, sling mount and a single-point detachable sling, and a nickle and chrome plated bolt carrier and hammer on it. This gun is worth just shy of $1200.

In the future I might consider installing a forward vertical grip, Ka-bar bayonet, and upgrading the buffer tube spring to a stiffer buffer tube spring.

In spite of the liberal leftist's unrealistic fears about these guns being "fully automatic" and "scary", they're actually not; in fact the designation of "AR" in AR-15 does not stand for "Automatic Rifle" nor "Assault Rifle", it actually stands for "Armalite Rifle"(the company which was owned by Eugine Stoner who originally pioneered the design to this weapons platform). The "15" in AR-15 designates it as rifle chambered in 5.56 NATO as apposed to the AR-10 which fired the Winchester .308. Only the AR-10's, a select few of the first generation AR-15's, and all M-16/M4's are automatic, all other AR-15 platform and AR-15 variant platform rifles are semi-automatic which designates them as "class-one sporting rifles" not "assault rifles". As of right now it is still illegal to own a rifle that is non-NFA compliant. It is damn near impossible to get a "fully automatic" rifle especially since the only NFA-transferable ones have to be at least pre-1986 or older and they come with an extensive year-long background check and a year-long waiting period and the gun "in question" that is being transferred usually runs anywhere from $20,000 (at a minimum) to about $35,000.

Now could someone go out and "illegally modify" an AR-15 semi-auto rifle into a "fully automatic" rifle? Oh, absolutely! But it won't be as easy as filing a couple of parts down, they'd either have mill out a whole new lower receiver (the part that is legally considered to be the gun itself because of the serial numbers stamped into it) or they'd have install a searblock (which is an NFA-controlled part) and a modified selector switch to make these rifles "fully automatic." The people that usually do "illegally modify" their firearms are criminals to begin with and they usually get caught before they can do anything else illegal with the firearms. It is a 10 year minimum prison sentence, a felony gun charge, and about a $200,000 per illegally modified firearm. So in short, "assault rifles" are very uncommon for people who are non-military to own (not even policemen own them), and all politics aside they're not "easier to get than a library book."This one took me about 45 minutes from the time that I started filling out the paperwork till the time that I passed the extensive federal/ATF background check in order for me to purchase my new firearm.

Fortunately for me with my brief time with the U.S. Navy that I got opportunity to fire both the M4 and the M-16 along with a few other military-grade firearms. I might later on consider getting myself an AK-47 variant sporting rifle.