I went to basic training and advanced infantry training when I joined the Army National Guard in the 80s. I was issued an M-16 which was introduced to us as an “Assault Rifle”. This leads me to believe it is a real term used by real soldiers as opposed to the term “Assault Weapon” which was a term made up much later by Leftist gun grabbers.
Do you own an assault bat? Or an assault hockey stick? How about an assault lamp? You can use lots of things to assault someone.
Actually the PHONY term “assault weapon” was simply MADE UP by THE NEW YORK TIMES & the company’s STYLE GUIDE defines an “assault weapon” is “ - - - - an object that can be used to commit a criminal assault.”
(The obvious INTENT is to DECEIVE the unwary sheeple.)
That’s a HAMMER, a ROCK, a KNIFE, a BOMB, a motor VEHICLE, a FIREARM and/or even a piece of PIPE or LUMBER.
Btw, the Style Guide defines a “pit bulldog” as “ - - — a canine that can damage a property AND/or is a threat to persons.”
In case you’ve wondered where the NY SLIMES gets all those “scary sounding statistics”, now you know!!
Trust anything that the NY TIMES claims at your PERIL, as the “newspaper” LIES more than they tell the truth. - The NY TIMES makes ISVESTIA of the old USSR look HONEST.
Yours, TMN78247