{"id":1504847,"date":"2022-06-06T08:10:25","date_gmt":"2022-06-06T12:10:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1504847"},"modified":"2022-06-06T08:10:38","modified_gmt":"2022-06-06T12:10:38","slug":"joe-scarborough-claims-ar-15s-are-deadlier-than-the-m16s-used-during-the-vietnam-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-scarborough-claims-ar-15s-are-deadlier-than-the-m16s-used-during-the-vietnam-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Scarborough Claims AR-15s Are \u2018Deadlier\u2019 Than The M16s Used During The Vietnam War"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjoe-scarborough-claims-ar-15s-are-deadlier-than-the-m16s-used-during-the-vietnam-war%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1504847&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>  <\/div>\n<p> May well Scarborough made a weird claim about guns throughout the most recent episode of \u201cMorning Joe. \u201d <\/p>\n<p> Following several  <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/06\/04\/twitter-poll-93-1-of-people-dont-think-semi-automatic-weapons-should-be-banned\/\"> shootings <\/a>  around  <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/06\/04\/bill-maher-police-uvalde-viral-video-criticism\/\"> America <\/a>, people have already been debating what we can do in order to curb some of the  <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/06\/05\/duke-mike-krzyzewski-gun-control-shootings-disgusting\/\"> violence <\/a>  we\u2019ve seen unfold. I have routinely cautioned people that we have to stick to the facts, but that will seems to have gone largely overlooked.  <strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/06\/04\/twitter-poll-93-1-of-people-dont-think-semi-automatic-weapons-should-be-banned\/\"> (POLL: Should Semi-Automatic Weapons Be Banned? The Results Are usually Pure America) <\/a> <\/strong> <\/p>\n<p> In fact , Scarborough made one of the most insane promises yet when he informed his viewers the AR-15 is somehow deadlier compared to M16s used in Vietnam. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"> \u2018Bullet Through Your Head\u2019: Florida Sheriff Issues Demanding Warning To Potential College Shooters  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RdPCrJDaR1\"> https:\/\/t.co\/RdPCrJDaR1 <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> \u2014 Day-to-day Caller (@DailyCaller)  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DailyCaller\/status\/1533743788606226433?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"> June 6, 2022 <\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> \u201cI\u2019ve mentioned this before, I mentioned it a couple weeks ago, plus I\u2019ll say it once again. This style weapon deadlier than what we had the soldiers carry around during Vietnam, \u201d Scarborough said in the show Monday morning. <\/p>\n<p> You can view his full comments within the video below. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"> Joe Scarborough says AR-15s are \u201cdeadlier\u201d than the M16s used during the Vietnam Battle. <\/p>\n<p> That is completely false. The particular M16s used during Vietnam were fully automatic. <\/p>\n<p> We have to stick to the facts and the reality when discussing guns.  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PW4JtuSCZb\"> pic. tweets. com\/PW4JtuSCZb <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> \u2014 Brian Hookstead (@dhookstead)  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dhookstead\/status\/1533778902287429637?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"> June 6, 2022 <\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> I truly have no clue what the hell Scarborough is certainly talking about, but he is completely wrong about the M16A1, the particular weapon of choice in Vietnam, being \u201cdeadlier\u201d than the AR-15s you can get at your local weapon store. <\/p>\n<p> They both make use of the 5. 56 round, however the M16A1 was  <a href=\"https:\/\/weaponsystems.net\/system\/243-Colt+M16A1\"> capable <\/a>  of selective fire using a  <a href=\"https:\/\/weaponsystems.net\/system\/243-Colt+M16A1\"> price <\/a>  of open fire of 700 to nine hundred rounds a minute. That\u2019s an interest rate of fire that is not probable with a semi-automatic weapon. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"> \u2018Kill You\u2019: Lakewood ranch Sheriff Issues Blunt Caution To School Shooters Within Awesome Video  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vSVWGbk9vb\"> https:\/\/t.co\/vSVWGbk9vb <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> \u2014 Daily Caller (@DailyCaller)  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DailyCaller\/status\/1531927881303183360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"> June one, 2022 <\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> At this point, it is worth noting the M16A1 did have some  <a href=\"https:\/\/historycollection.com\/the-highly-successful-m16-rifle-suffered-from-a-terrible-reputation-when-it-was-first-introduced-in-vietnam\/2\/\"> jamming problems <\/a>  that triggered problems in the fighting within Vietnam, but is completely unimportant in terms of a debate regarding weapons used in shootings in the united states. <\/p>\n<p> In terms of ability to rapidly open fire the same ammunition, the M16A1\u2019s rate of fire  <a href=\"https:\/\/minnesotareformer.com\/2022\/05\/31\/17232\/\"> absolutely <\/a>  crushes anything you would ever be able to get out of a good AR-15. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"> Need to semi-automatic guns be prohibited? <\/p>\n<p> \u2014 David Hookstead (@dhookstead)  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dhookstead\/status\/1532872103694938112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"> 06 3, 2022 <\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> If we\u2019re going to discuss weapons in America, we need to possess a conversation based on facts. Informing people semi-automatic weapons are usually \u201cdeadlier\u201d than selective fireplace weapons carried in Vietnam is just not true, especially when referring to rate of fire. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May well Scarborough made a weird claim about guns throughout the most recent episode of \u201cMorning Joe. \u201d  Following several shootings around<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":532,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1504847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1504847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/532"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1504847"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1504847\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1504847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1504847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1504847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}