An AR-15 is excellent for farm defense.My cousin, a retired cattle rancher, shot enough coyotes with an AR-15 during calving season to have a full length fur coat made for his wife. That is a lot of coyote pelts since only a small strip of the hide is used in making the coat. The rest is garbage fur sent to China for whereever. That was at a time when an AR-15 could used like an ordinary .22 rifle.My cousin's daughters liked the AR-15 because of the ergonomics and ease of operation. And these girls liked guns. One daughter still trains for Olympic women's pistol competition.And you can drive around the pastures with that AR-15 getting knocked around like a POS. So what if it gets scratched up. Just keep it clean.If one wants to compare the politically correct looking Ruger Ranch Rifle with an AR-15 I will say one is 1965 International pickup versus a Toyota Tacoma.As for home defense: Perhaps a shotgun with 9 shot would be better. Be careful: The home defense story is used by Karen and Kyle to ban the gun's.And remember: The AR-15 and 1500 others are the first. When are they coming after yours? Answer: As soon as possible.I am old greylynx, but was unable to get on the forum since Saturday. So I started a new membership.Did this happen to anyone else?