Thank you sir for giving your perspective . It certainly opens my eyes a little wider to other possibilities which I have not given thought about. Like I said, I'm not looking to start a war, just wanted to hear other people's views on how these weapons are used...that's all.I'd argue the contrary. The most humane thing for an animal being hunted is for the hunter to have the most accurate, most dependable, and best cycling rate for a second shot.
It eliminates the wounded animals getting out of range and into cover before they can be put out of suffering.
Now, I'm not saying go full auto, there's no point in that. But, compare the time for an average Joe (no expert) to take a second shot with an AR-style versus a full on bolt action, it makes the difference between a lung shot animal wandering off to slowly die and sit unclaimed and a quick put down that is taken home to the table.
There are also a number of reasons to hunt that aren't "sport", including pest eradication. When trying to eliminate pests it's not about giving the target 'a fighting chance'
For me, I don't own anything AR-style... but I'd like to. I used to shoot a mix of black powder, breech load shotgun, and bolt action rifle, but a guy at my old firm had me try shooting his probably 10 years back. Surprisingly little recoil and was fun to shoot... For the past few years my neck/shoulder/back issues have meant Im not physically capable of anything. If I can get to the point of comfortably raising/holding the weight to my shoulder, I'd think the low recoil of the ar-style might let me get back into it again.
In other news, just last month a local-to-where-we-owned-property homeowner used his ar-style to shoot a group of armed teen gang types that were attempting a home invasion of the guys elderly mother. Luckily he was in town at the time, nominally a truck driver by trade meant he sometimes wasnt. Lots of reasons and uses for this type weapon IMO. when fighting for the lives of you or your loved ones you don't want to yell out "please stop, wait while I reload" - cause you know the bad guys won't.
Not a lot of media coverage on that one either, doesn't fit the narrative.
Unfortunately a few of you had taken offense to my comment and inquiries. I guess this is another topic that probably shouldn't be discussed like politics and religion.