More folks want threaded barrels on AR’s than those that don’t. Especially in today’s market, a surefire way to ensure your brand’s AR will NOT sell would be to stick a non-threaded barrel out front.
To the side-bar discussion, which seems to have more traction than the actual point of the thread, in KS, unless prohibited by local municipalities, we can carry loaded firearms in the vehicle, hunting or otherwise, and can fire from even public roadways as long as we have permission on the adjacent land, as the property line ends at the middle of the road. The only technical exception are state and interstate highways, as the roadway and easement are owned by the state, and the secretary of treasury (the legal owner) does not issue permission for shooting or hunting on their property... Big game cannot be hunted from a motor vehicle, but nothing prohibits hunting coyotes or pleasure shooting from a vehicle. Equally, non-hunting activities on private property have no obligation to roadway law, nor do officers have authority to trespass to attempt to enforce such. Effectively, pulling over and sending a round after a coyote from the road is regular practice, and legal in KS - as long as you are shooting from the correct side of the road and onto property for which you have permission to hunt. Running coyotes with dogs and trucks is also common practice on private lands - for which it is, again, legal to fire from the vehicle.
