Why you DO need an AR-15 under the Second Amendment: Gun Guys Special Guest Massad Ayoob

Ken Hackathorn and Massad Ayoob talk about the parallels between the development of personal defense and law enforcement weapons, and why the AR-15 is an entirely appropriate weapon for defending your home.

ABOUT KEN HACKATHORN
Ken Hackathorn has served as a US Army Special Forces Small Arms Instructor, Gunsite Instructor, and NRA Police Firearms Instructor. He is currently an FBI Certified Firearms Instructor, and an SRT member and Special Response Team trainer. Ken has trained US Military Special Operations forces, Marine FAST and SOTG units and is a contract small arms trainer to FBI SWAT and HRT. Ken has provided training to Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies and been active in small arms training for the past 25 years. He has written firearms related material for Guns & Ammo, Combat Handguns, Soldier Of Fortune, and currently American Handgunner and contributed to at least six other gun/shooting journals. Ken was also a founding member of IPSC and IDPA.

ABOUT MASSAD AYOOB:
Massad Ayoob has been handgun editor of GUNS magazine and law enforcement columnist for AMERICAN HANDGUNNER since the 1970s, and has published thousands of articles in gun magazines, martial arts publications, and law enforcement journals. He is the author of some twenty books on firearms, self-defense, and related topics, including “In the Gravest Extreme” and “Deadly Force,” widely considered to be authoritative texts on the topic of the use of lethal force.
The winner of the Outstanding American Handgunner of the Year Award in 1998, Mas has won several state and regional handgun shooting championships. Ayoob was the first person to earn the title of Five Gun Master in the International Defensive Pistol Association. He is the current President of the Second Amendment Foundation. He served 19 years as chair of the Firearms Committee of the American Society of Law Enforcement Trainers, and several years as a member of the Advisory Board of the International Law Enforcement Educators and Trainers Association. In addition to teaching for those groups, he has also taught for the International Association of Law Enforcement Firearms Instructors and the International Homicide Investigators seminars.
Mas has received judicial recognition as an expert witness for the courts in weapons and shooting cases since 1979, and served as a fully sworn and empowered, part time police officer for 43 years, mostly at supervisor rank. Ayoob founded the Lethal Force Institute in 1981 and served as its director until 2009, and now trains through Massad Ayoob Group. He has appeared on CLE-TV delivering continuing legal education for attorneys, through the American Law Institute and American Bar Association, and has been retained to train attorneys to handle deadly force cases through the Armed Citizens Legal Defense Network. Ayoob served for two years as co-vice chair of the Forensic Evidence Committee of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. He also appeared in each episode of Personal Defense TV (Sportsman’s Channel).

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[mtm]

The NRA needs people like Massad Ayoob in leadership roles and not the suits that currently hi-jack the purpose of this organization for personal enrichment interests.

[elizabethtamp]

I saw a bumper sicker once: "When you come for my gun, bring yours."

[tropocal]

*"If they lie to you about one thing, they'll lie to you about anything else."*

[mortondavisproductions]

Massad, my father purchased a small 22 caliber rifle for me and my older brother when I was 3 to 4 years old. We lived on a farm in Texas, and I was so small that I can still vividly recall my father leaning over me, helping me to hold that tiny little rifle... showing me how to hold it, how to aim it and fire the gun. He was also very strict about safety. As I grew up, my grandfather and uncles took me hunting every weekend. My grandfather taught me how to hold a gun with my finger off the trigger and the gun on safety while walking thru the countryside hunting for small game. He taught me how to walk behind the person in front of me so that my gun wasn't aimed at the backend of the person in front of me, to avoid accidently shooting my best friend(s). We later moved to Burbank, CA and there was an indoor rifle range in the local park. I used to walk down the busiest street in Burbank with my 22 rifle to the shooting range where I went thru gun safety courses and enjoyed target shooting. There is much more to this story. I have been shot twice by 'friends' I took hunting in the area just outside of Palmdale, CA. These 'friends' were raised in the city and had never shot guns in their lives. As a teenager, I didn't realize how dangerous they were with a gun in their hands, as I was very well trained in safety with guns and assumed that they had 'common sense'. One of the guys was walking behind me with his 22 rifle, finger on the trigger, fully loaded and ready to go. He tripped and the gun fired... the round hit a rock and ricocheted into the right cheek of my buttocks. I went to the doctor to have the bullet taken out. The 2nd time I was shot was in the same area, similar circumstance. Fast forward, I was in the 101st Airborne Division, FB Bastogne, Vietnam 69'. After a short time in country, I was almost killed by a fellow soldier who did something very foolish. I won't get into the detail here. I spent the next three months in a stateside military hospital and was honorably discharged. I am pro-gun. It is the person with the gun in their hands, not the gun. The guy that shot me first ended up in the Marine Corp in Vietnam. I only hope he learned something from the experience where he shot me accidentally, else he may have killed a few fellow soldiers. Thank you so much for your wisdom. Please continue publishing these 'lessons'. They are very valuable, especially in the 'fear-based' society we live in... Bye for now. PS - When I was in Vietnam, I sent my grandfather a letter and told him that if I survived Vietnam, it would NOT be what the army taught me, but would be mostly the result of how he taught me to hunt for game, especially being able to use what he referred to as 'soft-eyes' to see movement. Hooah!

[PilsenChgo]

Don’t know who Massad Ayoob is? Look him up. Massad is a legend.

[capnhands]

"Tyranny is defined as that which is legal for the government but illegal for the citizenry." -- Thomas Jefferson

[warrenc]

It is not a matter of need - please tell me what part of "shall not infringe" you don't understand. I should not have to have government permission for a right

[TXGRunner]

I've easily watched more than a hundred videos by Massad Ayoob, interviews with him, and even old VHS videos of his classes - first time I ever saw him become visibly upset - righteous anger is how I would describe it. He's an American treasure.

[alanstrawn]

When the Founders added the 2A, they'd just finished a Revolution, NOT just come back from a hunting trip! LOL

[joeashbubemma]

I don't need an AR, but when TYRANTS have fully automatic M-16's, APC's, full body armor, I don't think it's too much to ask.

[johnn]

As a 28 year old man, I appreciate the wisdom from these two gentleman. Makes me grateful that there is still this type of content available.

[michaelblackwell]

I like the AR type models due to the ease of modification. You can design it for close quarter fighting or defense as well as field use.
A variety of ammo magazines, night equipment, sharp shooting scopes, easy disassembly for cleaning, and a multitude of various grips and stocks to fit the individual.
It's an all around fantastic frame unmatched in versatility.

[Counselor]

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The United States Department of Homeland Security has stated a rifle chambered in 5.56 NATO (compatible with .223) with a magazine capacity of 30 rounds is “suitable for personal defense use in close quarters…”

When a government agent sticks his AR-15 in your back and says get into that boxcar, you'll wish you had an AR-15 to point back and say NO. Your AR-15 is your ability to say NO.

[UltimateBargains]

*"There is not one human being alive who is going to take your guns with good intent." -- Stefan Molyneux*

[shadesoffde]

Do you guys realize how important it is for you guys to make these videos ... kinda archiving all that knowledge of the greats

[tekis]

This video is TIMELESS.

I'm a New Yorker. Crime is off the chain here. I'm getting my first gun license. Pray for me...

[j.t.patton]

It's a GOD GIVEN RIGHT to defend my life or the lives of others to the best of my ability.

[GT]

Machine guns shouldn’t even be regulated.

[thomasanderson]

"What do you need an AR15 for?"

"Since when do I have to have a need for something to own it?"

[Valkyrie]

Brilliant presentation and breakdown, thanks so much! This needs to be seen by every politician who swore to defend and uphold the Constitution.