One Thing you Learn from Shooting an AR-15

<p>Mywife was part of a mass shooting (<a href="https://medium.com/human-parts/a-mass-shooting-and-you-e52aef80a2a4" rel="noopener">see story</a>). As part of her new-found activism, she&rsquo;s traveled to Washington D.C., and worked with senators to figure out how we, as a country, can have some sort of smart gun management. The problem, she says, is not the lawmakers who agree with us. It&rsquo;s those, mostly republicans, that don&rsquo;t.</p> <p>A question occurred to my wife this week &mdash; if she&rsquo;s never shot an AR-15, how can she argue against them to pro-gun legislators? How can she speak their language and try to find common ground?</p> <p>To shoot an assault rifle, we had to drive an hour north into Wisconsin. Illinois recently passed a ban on assault weapons, and Wisconsin had less stringent gun laws. She brought along her friend T., a journalist, who also wanted to see for herself what people love about shooting guns.</p> <p><a href="https://wesx.medium.com/one-thing-you-learn-from-shooting-an-ar-15-bc03d11b5e2a"><strong>Click Here</strong></a></p>