What I don't understand....no one rushed him. How can that be??
This is one of the most idiotic arguments we make on our side. We know they don’t use the term assault rifle accurately, we point it out and think we scored a point.
They just shrug and say ok, whatever you call them. They are referring to high capacity semi-autos that are near clones of military rifles.
But priggery over the proper term wins nothing for us. We do the same thing with bullets vs. Cartridges and magazines vs. Clips.
Do you really think that if you convince everybody that assault rifles are already extremely restricted, that everyone will say “oh cool it’s over”? They will simply reply that whatever was used in there club and whatever looks military is the issue.
That is what we need to fight... proper hobby terminology won’t help us win the legal debate.
...Ground control to liberals, the AR 15 is not an assault rifle anymore than a .22 rifle....
It doesn’t matter. Not one bit. A .22 is a gun and is inherently evil. The cast of Hamilton refused to carry stage prop Revolutionary War muskets on stage during the Tony Awards.
Remember, liberals always say that the Founders only had muskets in mind in the Second Amendment.
But in reality, if it fires a bullet, it is on their hit list. It’s about disarmament of law abiding Americans.
We want them because they are good guns.
What makes them good is also what makes them effective for criminals and terrorists.
You are not going to keep them away from criminals and terrorists. All the laws do is keep citizens from having the best rifles for a particular use.
I never wanted a fully automatic rifle even if I could just go out and buy one anywhere legally. Just because I don’t want one is meaningless tho. If you want it that is all the reason you should need for getting one.
BTW, I think the British army had their FN FALs in semi auto only. The Argentine ones had full auto option. I doubt that made a difference.
Who was that wus from some newspaper that fired an AR-15 and it hurt his shoulder and it sounded like a cannon going off? Hurt his shoulder. Wow. I’ve spent an hour skeet shooting and nary a twinge, okay a bit sore but not what that guy described.
That was top drawer.
Actually a pistol grip makes a rifle like the AR with its low bore axis more controllable and safer. Same for the adjustable stock which allows different sized people to fire it safely.
Many countries allow purchase of silencers without all the hocus pocus we require. It makes them quieter and saves hearing. But try to explain this to gun grabbers and their eyes glaze over.
Technically an assault rifle has to be select-fire, not just full auto.
All weapons are assault weapons. That’s why they are called weapons..........