Chris, I ask this truly just because I wonder about it, no other reason.

You obviously know guns, you at times don't mind talking about them, and you've been in the service (USCG, right?) where I'd assume you handled some military rifles, yet you get a bit touchy when the talk turns to semi-autos like the AK or the AR.

Is it out of concern for the site's image that the box-fed, hi-cap guns turn you off?

Personally, I've got no horse in this race. I've owned both an AK and an SKS and admittedly got rid of them when they proved not terribly "interesting" per Col. Whelen's definition. The only rifle I own at the moment is a Ruger 10/22, though I did once own an M1 carbine that I thought was a handy and fun little gun.

Just wondering, not challenging your authority as a mod or anything.