the ruger minis are not as accurate as the AR's, that being said, are you looking for sub minute of angle? Or sub minute of protester/rioter? Its very easy to get an AR into sub one inch groups at 100 yards if the shooter does his part, the Mini is about a 2-3 inch gun at 100 yards. I know you have mag limits up there, but Mini 14 mags are +$40 or more for factory mags, ARs use STANAG mags, I pick up brand new P Mags for $15, or used GI mags at the gun shows for $10. One major downside for the 223/556 round is that its freakin loud, you will get hearing damage shooting it without hearing protection, in a room or enclosed area, it will be worse. 9mm is very versatile, you can run subsonic quite rounds for inside or short range, and run full power rounds for long distance, just make sure you firearm will cycle them, it may take some tuning. I wish 45 acp AR's were more price friendly, for anti person use, teh 45 does a nice job and stays sub sonic, just dont try to push its range far out. 10mm opens up all kinds of possibilities, but they are even rarer and more $
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