Veteran shows the button that turns your AR-15 from regular semi-automatic to 'overlapping auto'

We’re not making fun of the original poster here — this is a joke meant to set off the gun-grabber crowd, and it worked. You know how they’re always telling us that the AR-15 is a “weapon of war,” which is strange, since we don’t equip our soldiers with them. We’ve seen them target AR-15s because the rounds travel faster through the air. We’ve seen USA TODAY show off the deadly chainsaw bayonet aftermarket attachment. And now we’re getting a close-up look at the button that turns your AR-15 from regular semi-automatic to overlapping auto:

When I was in the Army, we kept our M-16’s locked up in the armory. The only time we brought them out was for guard duty — or when we trained for war.

— Lakota Man (@LakotaMan1) July 6, 2022

I tell what struck me. I have hunted with a semiautomatic, I have shot too many bottles and cans to count and I didn't know a semiautomatic could fire that fast. The shots seem to overlap

— Don Campbell (@doncamp7) July 6, 2022

I am prior service armored infantry for the Coast Guard–for those unfamiliar, this is the button that switches your AR from regular semi-auto to overlapping-auto

A civilian has no business with this capability. pic.twitter.com/65l5yllSXE

— ₩₳Ɽ ₱₳₮Ⱨ (@WarPath2pt0) July 7, 2022

I'm 💀 now–you can bury me here pic.twitter.com/9EIOxh50wo

— ₩₳Ɽ ₱₳₮Ⱨ (@WarPath2pt0) July 8, 2022

😂😂😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/N5yzSvjmr6

— John Cardillo (@johncardillo) July 9, 2022

https://twitter.com/jerrycurld/status/1545100345227051012

I pressed that button once. Something like 15 school kids suddenly died, in a different town. Don’t. Ever. Touch. That. Button.

— Running Bear (Come and Take Them) (@running_bare) July 8, 2022

Actually that button activates the AR15's railgun feature allowing it to punch clean through tank armor like it isn't even there. The rail gun can be exchanged for a flame thrower, plasma, shotgun, volkite, and or orbital bombardment marking beam. No civilian needs to have it.

— President Nagatoro (@SonofAzathoth) July 8, 2022

When I was LAPD airborne SWAT they told us that button could be depressed multiple times to increase the power of the hammer hitting the round, thereby increasing its velocity and giving us the capacity to penetrate light vehicle armor. We never used it because it was too deadly

— Ceci n'est pas une Doge (@dogeson_of_doge) July 7, 2022

When I was in, they had that button reconfigured to allow us to switch back & forth between regular bullets and flame-thrower mode. The selector switch would allow for both, so you could shoot flaming bullets.

— Just a Hound 🇺🇸 (@Hound_American) July 7, 2022

https://twitter.com/Troydeeogee/status/1545051206657069063

It's for during the grenade launcher. Most models don't have a launcher, so the button dies nothing.

— Mike "Tr1gga Poolla" Landlord (@DirtyJobsInRE) July 7, 2022

This is classified info. Delete this

— Vicente (@VicenteATX_) July 7, 2022

Now all the kids know

— BJonesy (@BenDoctorJones) July 9, 2022

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