And all weapons can be used for assault and military purpose. Is there such a class as assault weapons save in the dictated definition by the violence policy center. A class of weapon is defined by the action or the caliber or what not. Where in the ATF regs or whatever is there such assault weapon class? The FAA has classes of airplanes by teh number of engines. A class of weapon is a narrow function centric characteristic of the weapon, not a broad vagueness doctrine gossipy definition piceked up from news papers and the VPC.
Now, "assault weapon" is a vernacular of another order. This is a term deliberately left vague so as to subsume any gun VPC or anyone else does not like because it resembles a military weapon in appearance, more or less. Scary-looking guns, and nothing more. VPC is acting with its customary disingenuosness in attempting to blur the distinction.
Yeah, but there should be.
Andrew
Assault weapons—just like armor-piercing bullets, machine guns, and plastic firearms—are a new topic. The weapons' menacing looks, coupled with the public's confusion over fully automatic machine guns versus semi-automatic assault weapons—anything that looks like a machine gun is assumed to be a machine gun—can only increase the chance of public support for restrictions on these weapons.
"The HK 91 Semi-Automatic Assault Rifle from Heckler & Koch...was derived directly from the G3"
Of course, per the usual VPC MO there is no mention of the fact that you can likely count the number of times since recorded history that either of these particular ASSAULT WEAPONS has been used in the commission of a crime ON ONE HAND, but that's clearly beside the point.
Like the 'Nuge said, "If guns cause crime, mine are all defective."
What do these bozos think was used at the battle of Lexington? Or along the Concord Road? Lemme tell you, I would much rather take a hit from an M16 than one from a Kentucky Long Rifle cal .58! I just gave my classes today their summerschool exam for world history. The question dealing with the American Revolution went like this: What act caused the outbreak of gunfire that was known as the "shot heard 'round the WORLD?" ANSWER: "The King of England, representing the lawful government of the new world colonies, attempted to seize the personally held firearms of the citizenry."
I would also accept the short answer: "GUN CONTROL." Nobody in my class this summer scored under a "C" when I took over three weeks ago, there were nine kids failing.
What they left out after the "...." is most likely "because the the sight system is not so hot" or some other such statement.
I know it's hard to believe the VPC would leave out part of a quote that makes it irrelevant to their thesis