Redundantly, the gun control zealots have fixated on their favorite boogeyman: the AR-15—America’s most popular and widely owned rifle. With obsessive fervor, they label it a “weapon of war,” exploiting fear and ignorance to strip away rights from law-abiding Americans. But here’s the truth they don’t want you to hear: AR-15s and other rifles are involved in just a tiny fraction—only 2.6%—of homicides in the United States, according to 2019 FBI data. Knives, blunt objects, and even fists kill more people annually than these rifles. But beyond the statistics lies an urgent and morally unforgivable issue: the disarmament of America’s most vulnerable citizens—our elderly and disabled. With age comes frailty. Osteoarthritis, Parkinson’s disease, and Sarcopenia rob millions of older Americans of their physical strength, motor skills, and coordination. For them, lifting, aiming, and firing a handgun—let alone racking a slide or managing recoil—can be physically impossible. But an AR-15, wi...