22 rimfire rifle is a rite of passage for aspiring young hunters and shooters and, like baby ducks, I think we imprint on that first shooting experience, which is why we remain so fond of 22 long guns ...

That includes the AR-15 style ... right to semiautomatic rifles as a category, disregarding “exponential differences” between grandpa’s old .22 and a .50 caliber sniper rifle.