Colion Noir Answers Virginia AG's Claim That AR-15s Are Machine Guns

Colion Noir takes on a Supreme Court brief from Virginia's attorney general, which he says argues that AR-15s are effectively machine guns even though they fire one shot per trigger pull. Noir calls the argument nonsense and walks through why he thinks it's being made.

Key points

• The brief: citing Breitbart, Noir says it was filed in support of an assault weapons ban and describes AR-15s as machine guns except that they have semi-automatic fire, "at least to start."
• The rebuttal: he points to Justice Thomas in the bump stock case, Garland v. Cargill, saying semi-automatic firearms that need a trigger pull for every shot are not machine guns.
• Where it leads: by that logic, Noir says, a Glock or a World War II M1 Garand would count too.
• Why argue it: he says machine guns are already vilified, so opponents want people to hear "machine gun" whenever someone says AR-15.
• The audience: Noir notes Justice Kavanaugh has pointed out that AR-15s are legal in 41 of the 50 states.

Quick take

This is Noir at his most blunt, and his view that the argument should get the case thrown out is his own. The part worth hearing is how he pulls the brief's own wording apart.

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