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To: stylin19a

Are rifles and pistols not guns?


9 posted on 06/10/2005 5:17:07 PM PDT by cubram
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To: cubram
Are rifles and pistols not guns? Yes, to normal people, but in the military a gun is a large weapon, like artillery or the big guns on a ship.
12 posted on 06/10/2005 5:24:33 PM PDT by digitalbrownshirt (Mostly harmless.)
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To: cubram
Are rifles and pistols not guns?

No, in the military, rifles and pistols are never called guns -- they're called rifles, pistols, or (more commonly) weapons.

"Gun" strictly refers to a crew-served weapon like a machine gun or a hozitzer, and new recruits are mocked heavily if they screw up and refer to their personal weapon as a gun.

(You learn this the first day at basic training -- and reporters are constantly giving away their lack of military knowledge by making this very common mistake.)

16 posted on 06/10/2005 5:53:30 PM PDT by 68skylark
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To: cubram

Yes, they are... but the military thrives on it's silly customs.


22 posted on 06/10/2005 6:51:01 PM PDT by clee1 (We use 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 2 to pull a trigger. I'm lazy and I'm tired of smiling.)
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To: cubram

"Are rifles and pistols not guns?"

Not if you are a marine. Ships have guns. Marines have rifles and pistols.


26 posted on 06/10/2005 7:32:24 PM PDT by GGpaX4DumpedTea
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