Information reaching Kossyderrickent has it that Farmers protecting their lands against hog with AR-15.
The use and sale of the AR-15 semiautomatic rifle have been in the public eye after the tragedy at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde late last month that left 21 people dead.
There have been many calls to ban AR-15s, which have been used in several mass shootings across the country.
But the firearm is also used often in the local ranching and farming communities, especially when dealing with feral hogs in South Texas.
Jourdanton resident Joseph Meyer owns a helicopter company called Flying J Services. Many farmers and ranchers hire him to fly over their property to shoot and kill feral hogs.
But many Republicans have remained unfazed, arguing that banning assault weapons — which are uniquely lethal because of their rapid rate of fire — isn’t the answer.
“If you talk to the people that own it, killing feral pigs in the, whatever, the middle of Louisiana. They’ll wonder: ‘Why would you take it away from me?'” Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy said in an interview published last week by Vice News, when asked specifically about the AR-15.
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