Mine's a Bushmaster XM15-E2S. Not technically a real AR-15 but it's a very good gun.
I'm not sure that it's the best choice for home defence. I'd be worried about the kind of penetration you'd get with the .223. .223 tumbles when it impacts, but you'd have to be sure to get hollow points or it'll probably go straight through at that range. Not much stopping power, either.
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Originally Posted by azjc
if you have plans on using it for home defense I highly suggest getting some sort of training. Shooting at a human that breaks into your house is a lot harder than it sounds the stress levels are very high and some people will freeze in the situation and it is not uncommon for the invader to wrestle the weapon from you and than use it against you.
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+1, good advice. The very first thing I'd do if I were him would be get a copy of those DVDs from the NRA, they won't teach you what an instructor can but it's got some good tips (including evasion). One thing that is really important is that you call the cops and stay on the line, that way they can hear everything that goes on and every call that goes into 911 is recorded. In one of the videos they show a situation where a lady's house is broken into and she's forced to fire on the intruder and she is arrested but the evidence from the 911 tapes got the case against her thrown out.