If you truly hunt and "like shooting guns" then you would know what the General said is BS. People talk about the .223 like it's some kind of magical super bullet; my 30-30 can inflict more maximum damage to a human than a .223. Not to mention every other round from .243 thru 45/70. Do we need to be highly trained to use those?
No civilian needs an AR; just as no one needs more than one pair of shoes, a car that does 72 mph, R/C airplanes, or leather jackets. Why do people have those? No ones life would be adversely affected if ARs went away. That still doesn't mean that people shouldn't be allowed to legally own one if they want to. We all have our recreational preferences.