Why are AR-15s Personal Defense Weapons for the DHS but Assault Rifles for Citizens?We are fast approaching the stage of ultimate inversion: the stage where government is free to do as it pleases, while the citizens may act only by permission. Ayn Rand Why are fully-automatic AR-15s with 30-round magazines and hollow-point bullets called personal defense weapons when the Department of Homeland Security purchases them, but semi-auto AR-15s are assault rifles in the hands of citizens? Increasingly the government is giving itself privileges that they are taking away from citizens. This is becoming most obvious in regards to gun rights, but its becoming a widespread abuse of power across all aspects of society. The government is supposed to derive its authority from the people not the other way around. If we are to be a nation of, by and for the people where the government has no rights that arent afforded to citizens, then this assumption may be the check on government overreach thats so desperately needed. By the way, the DHS is only authorized to work within the U.S. borders, so who do they plan to use these weapons on? Watch the brief video below covering a bit more detail on the DHS purchase order: Read other articles by selfnews Post Here linkwithin_text=Related Articles: 