Kid Rock’s latest stunt — shooting up cases of Bud Light — has drawn a lot of attention from supporters and critics. Rock is a longtime and vocal supporter of gun rights and owning AR-15s. But the gun he used in the video was a submachine gun, much less common than the AR-15. Rock’s gun appears to fire fully automatic, meaning Rock only had to hold down the trigger for the gun to fire all its rounds in a magazine. Civilian AR-15s are semiautomatic, meaning the shooter has to pull the trigger for each round fired.
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AMERICAN GUN
The True Story of the AR-15
“[A] magisterial work of narrative history and original reportage."
—The New York Times Book Review
“A riveting exploration of the cost of the nation’s fascination with an iconic weapon.”— Kirkus starred review
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