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Massad Ayoob: Defending Your Home with the AR-15 Elite Carbine – Critical Mas Episode 16

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For centuries the shotgun has been the go to weapon for home defense. But what about the AR-15? Massad Ayoob examines the advantages an AR-15 has for home defense.

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ABOUT MASSAD AYOOB:
Massad Ayoob has been handgun editor of GUNS magazine and law enforcement columnist for AMERICAN HANDGUNNER since the 1970s, and has published thousands of articles in gun magazines, martial arts publications, and law enforcement journals. He is the author of some twenty books on firearms, self-defense, and related topics, including “In the Gravest Extreme” and “Deadly Force,” widely considered to be authoritative texts on the topic of the use of lethal force.

The winner of the Outstanding American Handgunner of the Year Award in 1998, Mas has won several state and regional handgun shooting championships. Ayoob was the first person to earn the title of Five Gun Master in the International Defensive Pistol Association. He is the current President of the Second Amendment Foundation. He served 19 years as chair of the Firearms Committee of the American Society of Law Enforcement Trainers, and several years as a member of the Advisory Board of the International Law Enforcement Educators and Trainers Association. In addition to teaching for those groups, he has also taught
for the International Association of Law Enforcement Firearms Instructors and the International Homicide Investigators seminars.

Mas has received judicial recognition as an expert witness for the courts in weapons and shooting cases since 1979, and served as a fully sworn and empowered, part time police officer for 43 years, mostly at supervisor rank. Ayoob founded the Lethal Force Institute in 1981 and served as its director until 2009, and now trains through Massad Ayoob Group. He has
appeared on CLE-TV delivering continuing legal education for attorneys, through the American Law Institute and American Bar Association, and has been retained to train attorneys to handle deadly force cases through the Armed Citizens Legal Defense Network. Ayoob served for two
years as co-vice chair of the Forensic Evidence Committee of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. He also appeared in each episode of Personal Defense TV (Sportsman’s Channel).

0:00 – Intro
0:41 – The Wilson Combat Protector Elite
2:05 – Bullet Penetration
2:45 – Low Recoil
3:20 – Different Holds
4:20 – Features of the AR-15
5:45 – Role of the AR-15
7:45 – Intimidation Factor
8:30 – Ammunition Choices
10:15 – Quick Loading
11:45 – Do you need 30 shots?
13:00 – Is it successful?

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48 COMMENTS

  2. Thank you for another informative video. My go-to at home is an AR 7'5" pistol, a Flaming Pig on the end keeps my support hands fingers attached. Short, maneuverable, light and full of frangible rounds. Should I miss the first shot being half asleep, me and the bad folks will be wide awake given the muzzle blast and fire show the 7.5" barrel puts on at night.

  3. Thank you for addressing the over penetration concern. That was what held me back from an AR for self defense and made me a little nervous when I hear that's what others use. Excellent advice.

  10. Great video! The only thing I disagree with, and it’s not a big deal, is the wml on the rifle using it to scan the house. If you have a decent light, you can keep the rifle at a low ready with the light at the ground and still have more than enough light to see straight ahead inside a home without worrying about flagging the wrong person. I personally use the olight Odin with the pressure pad. It has 2000 linens at I think 19k candela but also a good peripheral light outside the hotspot.

  13. 10.5" lightweight AR pistol (really Mr.AFT, it's a pistol) loaded with 55gr gold dots and a single point sling for me. I stick to a 20rd GI mag though. It cuts a lot of weight off the weapon and DOES make it a 1 handed device suitable for throwing light switches, opening doors, and etc. After having watched thousands of gunfights in videos on ASP, police activity, enforcement rewind and similar channels, I have yet to see the home defense scenario where 20rds was not sufficient to get the job done. But if you prefer 30, by all means, use 30, just talking about me- to me the half pound weight savings going with a 20 is well worth the sacrifice in additional capacity.

  20. Shield and spear for civilians. In the home defense scenario each has its own different psychology of use and tactics. Handgun is a shield, long gun is a spear but neither makes us invulnerable.

  24. Another great tool is the AK platform. Not as polished as the AR, but a helluva lot of fun to shoot. Simple design. Takes some practice to use effectively but I’ve never had a FTF/FTE and it makes big holes quickly.

  27. If a police officer shoots someone who is in their own home answering their door, even if they are holding a rifle, something is very wrong with our policy tactics.

  34. Kyle Rittenhouse. I put a sling on all my rifles and use them at home and on the range. The sling saved Kyle’s life. They want to take his gun away and they couldn’t. When I go down range I carry my rifle no one can take it from me. It’s heavy clumsy awkward. But I’m learning

  37. As a small framed person with an extraordinarily bad back, I do not have a shotgun, even a .410 shotgun, for all the reasons you mentioned. But I do have a couple of Glock 19s and ready to go AR-15. I feel pretty well supplied.

  39. Have to disagree with his handgun at 2 am knock raise it above your head and rest it on the side of the door frame out of sight in a natural leaning fashion it can be dropped fast and shoot or if someone rushs in its already in hand

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