Gun Control & RKBA

It doesn't make a lot of sense to me from a risk management standpoint, as an individual, to plan a defense against "terrorism".

Learning how to use a handgun or shotgun defensively has self defense merits no doubt about it. I view firearms as personal safety devices that also double as range fun. The AR I put into the category of range fun. Having said that, people who live in remote areas along the Mexican border or other places may well find defensive utility in the AR platform. There are probably other good civilian examples all involving some degree of SHTF...riots, large scale attacks, etc.

Not to bust your bubble, but if you live in NYS, the AR-15 options all look silly with that ridiculous stock as a result of the recent law.