Asked about the usefulness of AR-15s, Senator John Thune (R-SD) told CNN: “They are a sporting rifle. It’s something that a lot of people [use] for purposes of going out target shooting — in my state, they use them to shoot prairie dogs and, you know, other types of varmints.”

AR-15-style rifles are especially popular for wildlife-killing contests. As the Humane Society of the United States reports: “Texas appears to have more wildlife … Read full post