Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits - Mark Twain
Tact is the knack of making a point without making an enemy / Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge?
In regards to claims in the video, I think examining police agencies who had Min-14's and actually shot them regularly would pretty clearly demonstrate there is a significant durability gap between the Mini-14 and the AR platform. And the lack of support from the company didn't help that problem, either.
Greg Ellifritz was an armorer for a department that used the Mini-14. He curses them at every opportunity because they broke a lot and he couldn't get parts to fix them. He is not the first credible person I've heard say that.
3/15/2016
Mini 14s are in the same class as the Remington 7400: a handy semi-auto rifle that is suited for short-range still hunting where you sight in with a box of ammo and shoot a couple of animals every year.
It was a mistake to ever take them seriously as a LE or .mil rifle.
I was into 10mm Auto before it sold out and went mainstream, but these days I'm here for the revolver and epidemiology information.