{"id":2635,"date":"2025-06-06T17:06:22","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T17:06:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grnc.org\/wp\/?p=2635"},"modified":"2025-06-06T17:07:45","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T17:07:45","slug":"can-you-really-defend-yourself-with-an-ar-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grnc.org\/wp\/2025\/06\/can-you-really-defend-yourself-with-an-ar-15\/","title":{"rendered":"Can You Really Defend Yourself with an AR-15?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n Email from Bacchus Publications USA LLC<\/title> <meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text\/html; \"> <meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width, initial-scale=1, maximum-scale=1\"> <style type=\"text\/css\" data-premailer=\"ignore\">.layout--email_signup_fineprint { display: none; }body:has(label[for=\"email_address\"]) { .layout--email_signup_fineprint { display: block; } }img { -ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic; }.layout { min-width: 100%; }table { table-layout: fixed; }.shell_outer-row, .shell_panel-row { table-layout: auto; 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font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; display: block; word-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 40px;\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"><p style=\"text-align: justify; margin: 0;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; font-family: "Arial Black", Gadget, sans-serif;\">Can you <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 24px; font-family: "Arial Black", Gadget, sans-serif; font-style: italic; text-decoration: underline;\">really<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 24px; font-family: "Arial Black", Gadget, sans-serif;\"> defend yourself with an AR-15?<\/span><\/p><\/td> <\/tr> <\/tbody><\/table> <\/td> <\/tr> <\/tbody><\/table> <table class=\"layout layout--1-column\" style=\"table-layout: fixed;\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\"> <tbody><tr> <td class=\"column column--1 scale stack\" style=\"width: 100%;\" align=\"center\" valign=\"top\"> <table class=\"text text--padding-vertical\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"table-layout: fixed;\"> <tbody><tr> <td class=\"text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal\" style=\"text-align: left; 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