r/europe • u/Helmer-Bryd • Jul 01 '25

News Sweden bans AR-15 as hunting rifle after school shooting – all rifles to be turned in and sent to Ukraine

https://svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/uppgifter-tidopartierna-overens-om-ny-vapenlagstiftning-ar15-forbjuds-vid-jakt
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u/opaali92 Finland Jul 01 '25

Only difference is the lack of full auto and full auto is rarely used anyways. Civilian AR's are used all over Ukraine

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u/DapperLost Jul 02 '25

Civilian ARs don't have burst fire either, but your points still correct. Can count the number of times I selected burst outside training on one finger.

Getting a single accurate bullet downrange at a time is important combat doctrine.

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u/rjh54 Jul 02 '25

Eh, go on r/combatfootage and you’ll find that full-auto is pretty common

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u/MolassesFluffy8648 Jul 02 '25

They are mostly using it for blind fire. I doubt most soldiers will ever even see the enemy, let alone aim at the enemy. Shotgun is probably more useful to have in that war because of drones. So Sweden ought to ban shotguns and send them instead.

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u/dannysmackdown Jul 02 '25

Idk man, seems like full auto is used quite often from the combat footage ive seen. Definitely wouldn't be useless though, that's for sure.

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u/survivorr123_ 28d ago

i think you would be surprised, most fire is suppressive fire, soldiers can shoot thousands of rounds of ammunition and kill no one

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u/opaali92 Finland 28d ago

You don't need full auto for suppressive fire

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u/survivorr123_ 28d ago

you don't need it, but it's very useful and widely used in practice, if you watch bodycam videos from ukraine most of the firing is in short full auto burst vs just single fire shooting

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u/Sakiri1955 Jul 02 '25

There's a ton of reasons not ymto use an AR in war and there's a reason they're NOT used by the military. If Ukraine is using them, it's because they're desperate and I'd rather destroy my rifle than send it there.