TRIGGERED: Political Journo Says Shooting AR-15 For The First Time ‘Felt Like A Meteor’
The Federalist,
by
Jordan Davidson
Original Article
Posted By: PeterWolosin,
8/6/2021 9:54:56 AM
A political journalist in Vermont unironically penned a column this week explaining how his experience shooting an AR-15 in an indoor range for the first time “rattled” him.
“It is difficult to describe the impact — physical and personal — of that first shot. It felt like a meteor had struck the earth in front of me,” Kevin McCallum, a political reporter for Seven Days, wrote unashamedly.The journo started off by admitting he’s not “a gun guy” and hasn’t shot anything other than a .22 rifle at a camp more than three decades ago.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
Quigley 8/6/2021 10:09:47 AM (No. 870032)
Well, if you really thought of all the implications of eating you would have the same reaction every time you eat something- the killing of animals, the deaths and toil in the fields, the deaths and toil in the distribution system, all so you can sit and dine and feel self righteous indignation about the people involved. Without the gun the food would all be stolen before it arrived at your table.
The jorno wants to outsource life’s unpleasantnesses so he can be his dainty inner self. Imagine his horror when he has to go to the bathroom.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
hershey 8/6/2021 10:11:55 AM (No. 870038)
What a putz...I have a pic of a little girl, maybe 5 or 6 shouldering a AR-15 with no problem...this guy need to check his crotch and see if he has any man parts...
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
MickTurn 8/6/2021 10:14:53 AM (No. 870045)
WUSSIE
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I think I am going out to the back porch and squeeze off a few rounds from mine just to rattle myself
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Ooooh, a girly man.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Ditto1958 8/6/2021 10:15:45 AM (No. 870049)
Who are these idiots? An AR-15 is not heavy, not intimidating, and is probably the easiest rifle there is to shoot. Easy to aim, no recoil... who is this guy?
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
DVC 8/6/2021 10:37:45 AM (No. 870073)
He's just lying. Little kids can and do shoot AR's very easily and well. The recoil is very low compared to all of the normal "deer rifle" category of rifles.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Rumblehog 8/6/2021 10:41:41 AM (No. 870078)
This is the state of maleness in America... a sorry wussy. Silly manchild, I encourage you to shoot the "Ma-Deuce" (M2, .50 cal machine gun) sometime. You'll think the earth beneath you is opening up to swallow your wimpy arse.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
brother ram 8/6/2021 10:44:58 AM (No. 870087)
Try a Barrett .50 cal rifle - then tell me about recoil. (BTW, if you want kick, try the old school rifles from WWII and before - then come back and tell me about the "earthquake experience" of an AR-15 or is that AR-14??
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
RayLRiv 8/6/2021 11:00:38 AM (No. 870113)
Exactly how is a meteor supposed to 'feel like?'
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
chumley 8/6/2021 11:05:57 AM (No. 870122)
I have a nice SMLE in .303 Brit that someone put in a plastic stock. That would have probably knocked him right into a psych ward.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Anti_democRAT 8/6/2021 11:07:14 AM (No. 870123)
What a snowflake, hand him a 50 caliber. My answer to anyone to why i need any gun is because they r FUN. Nuff said in my pursuit of life, liberty, and happiness.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
red1066 8/6/2021 11:10:22 AM (No. 870129)
As if this clown knows anything about a meteor.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
OkieTom 8/6/2021 11:14:33 AM (No. 870134)
Try a 12gauge slug, Mr. Woke.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
NYbob 8/6/2021 11:17:19 AM (No. 870137)
The leftist liar is a tortured punk who lives in a state where any halfway normal resident can buy, own and use almost any firearm. That fact torments the fool so he rants away in some media sewer that actually paid him for his stupid lie.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
nosillod 8/6/2021 11:17:49 AM (No. 870138)
The small recoil in the AR-15 has to be one of the biggest reasons it is so popular. Either this schmuck didn't actually fire an AR-15 or he is a liar or a lightweight. Probably all three.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
bad-hair 8/6/2021 11:20:50 AM (No. 870144)
Only shot one once (borrowed) and it was a bit of a disappointment. Didn't knock me down, it just put a bullet where my sights were. And another. And another.
Lever action Winchester .45 was much the same. Expected it to go BANG but the sound was more like "punk".
The bullet however hit the bulls eye at 75 yards.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
EJKrausJr 8/6/2021 11:20:55 AM (No. 870145)
Can you imagine if Kevin had discharged a 12 guage? Kevin is a twit.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
Hazymac 8/6/2021 11:22:00 AM (No. 870148)
Hearing this whinging journalista, his Depends as loaded as a Glock 33-round 'fun stick" magazine at a shooting range, complain about the punishing recoil of the nearly recoilless .223 Remington / 5.56 NATO cartridge fired from the AR-15 platform reminds me of a bit of dialogue from The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966).
Blondie (Clint Eastwood) to Tuco (Eli Wallach): "You see, in this world there's two kinds of people, my friend: Those with loaded guns and those who dig. You dig."
To the dewy young sea robin Kevin McCallum whose shoulder was assaulted by the "assault rifle," I would say, "Along with their pink slips, too many so-called journalists need to hear, 'The world needs ditch diggers, too.'" Especially you.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
Thegranddanny 8/6/2021 11:51:07 AM (No. 870167)
Never fired An AR-15. Have fired an M16. Remember the Sargeant instructing on firing range firing M16 with butt against his chin and then against his crotch to demonstrate how little recoil it had
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
bubby 8/6/2021 11:52:34 AM (No. 870169)
I have a Marlin lever action Cowboy1895 .45/70 that would put him on his a**! What a pansy!
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
GoodDeal 8/6/2021 11:57:59 AM (No. 870177)
I bet it sounded like a huge bomb going off too. This is expected from someone who has never fired a gun before in their life. Stick to shooting spit wads and rubber bands. Much safer for you.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
dst4life 8/6/2021 12:02:30 PM (No. 870181)
#14, you beat me to it. My AR-15 leaves no bruises on my shoulder owing to recoil. On the other hand, my shotgun once left a bruise on my arm. However, that hasn't happened lately.
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Try a single shot 10 gauge Alice. How self loathing do you have to be to admit you are this much of a pansy?
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
cor-vet 8/6/2021 12:20:07 PM (No. 870199)
If this guy is an example of what the real gun owners might have to fight someday, we won't even need real guns. We can just point our fingers and go 'bang' and it will be over.
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Just leave the guns to real Americans, wussy. You can throw your purse at an attacker if need be.
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
Bill O Rights 8/6/2021 12:25:57 PM (No. 870207)
Sounds like he is qualified to be a Lt. in the Capitol police.
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
DVC 8/6/2021 12:26:03 PM (No. 870208)
RE #11, I think that those plastic stocks were for rifles used for training for fancy 'rifle twirling' routines, when inevitably dropped while spinning through the air, the stocks wouldn't break. Probably never intended to be shot.
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
Birddog 8/6/2021 12:57:21 PM (No. 870241)
The root word meteor comes from the Greek meteōros, meaning "high in the air".(meaning they do NOT land in front of anyone)
Millions of meteors occur in Earth's atmosphere daily. Most meteoroids that cause meteors are about the size of a grain of sand, i.e. they are usually millimeter-sized or smaller.
They travel at an average of 47,000MPH/68,933.33Feet per second.
Most common Ar-15 NATO round: 5.56millimeter, 55 grain (Nosler ballistic tip) 2209.091mph/3,240 ft/s
Sooo...while an AR15 round is 5 times the size of your average meteor, it is 1/21 as fast, with LESS kinetic energy than a grain of meteorite "Dust"
It is a frikken .22 caliber, a bullet we start small children out with, tooooo small to even use on deer in most states.Though it IS sufficient for "Varmints" of all shapes and sizes.
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What Freud opined about people scared and opposed to weapons remains correct:
They are stunted individuals, unwilling or unable to accept responsibility for their actions. A firearm represents a tremendous responsibility and their stunted minds cannot fathom .
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I have a Marlin .35 cal lever action "tack driver", an AR-15 is about as scary a recoil as a Daisy BB rifle.
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Reply 32 - Posted by:
RayLRiv 8/6/2021 1:52:15 PM (No. 870293)
I've fired a .45 1929 Thompson submachine gun at the FBI's Citizens Academy in Lexington. Out of the original box and kept, maintained by the FBI Louisville office. Agent told me it would fetch $100,000+ in the open market. Awesome shooting it - it tracked up a little on me (didn't know exactly what to expect) but I quickly got used to it and it was fun firing it.
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Reply 33 - Posted by:
JHHolliday 8/6/2021 3:11:04 PM (No. 870361)
Typical 'journalist'. My 12 gauge O/U has five times the recoil of my AR-15. My shoulder would come back green, purple, and blue from a busy dove shoot. When the doves were coming fast I tended to get in a hurry and not mount the gun properly and paid the price. The doves were tasty though.
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Reply 34 - Posted by:
Tanker76 8/6/2021 5:15:56 PM (No. 870453)
I prefer the moderate recoil of either the .50 cal at the TC's station or the beautiful 120mm, mounted slightly below and to my left on my main battle tank. Lol
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Reply 35 - Posted by:
MickTurn 8/6/2021 7:21:38 PM (No. 870568)
What did the moron expect, a spit wad?
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Remember that he was on an INDOOR range. The recoil would have been miniscule, but the noise and muzzle blast could have been substantial for a novice shooter. I have shot everything--shotgun, machinegun, rifle and pistol-- from .22 CB caps to .50 BMG Ma Deuce and M-79 grenade launcher. (Showing my age with that last one.)The muzzle blast and sonic boom with most any rifle from 5.56 on up can be a bit unpleasant when fired under cover or indoors.
Still no excuse for being a wussified, snowflake putz.
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Reply 37 - Posted by:
local500 8/8/2021 8:11:33 AM (No. 871706)
What an idiot soyboy.
An 8 year old had no problem shooting AR-15.
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