Is it normal that i don't care about the ar-15?

The AR-15 is the most useless weapon ever. The .223/5.56 NATO cartridge is good for nothing. People get AR-15's and think they will hunt with them, but the cartridge is under-powered (and often illegal) for deer and other big game, and will blow squirrels and rabbits to smithereens. The military only uses it because it will penetrate most armor while having decent range and low ammunition production costs and weight. They are not allowed to use expanding bullets, and rely on the bullet tumbling on impact. When this does not occur, the damage is negligible. For realistic self-defense purposes, a larger caliber would be more reliable, and range would not be very important. People do not threaten your life from 300 yards away. It is an automatic weapon (semi-auto for most civilians), is very irritating to have to break down and clean, and is prone to jamming right when someone is about to kill you (and only then). Fully automatic weapons are used by the military because it would be too costly and time-consuming to train soldiers to be decent marksmen, and to increase the chances of the bullet tumbling. The weapon is far heavier than any .22 caliber weapon should ever be.

My Marlin 1894 (.44MAG) would be a far more versatile hunting weapon AND more effective self-defense weapon. If you don't believe me, meet me in front of the water tower at high noon. I'll rip a softball-size hole in your chest with one shot, while you make little pencil-stab wounds in me and several innocent bystanders. Maybe if you're lucky, one will tumble, and I'll have to go to the hospital after. I suppose you could use hollow or soft-points, but every retard I know uses FMJ's because "that's what da ahhhmy uses."

Every time I get a new gun magazine in the mail, half the pages are taken up by ads for stupid after-market AR-15 parts. Every article is about what hot shit the AR-15 is. I cannot wait for this ridiculous fad to end so that I can stop using my magazines as toilet paper. The AR-15 is only useful for poor marksmen fighting armored midgets, or for someone who needs to eliminate a whole pack of coyotes at the other side of a ravine in five seconds for some reason. It is also useful for morons who just want something "cool" looking who know nothing about terminal ballistics or firearm logistics in general. The AR-15 is a piece of shit.